The 52nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and pow ...
and the
United States House of Representatives
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. It met in
Washington, D.C.
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from March 4, 1891, to March 4, 1893, during the final two years of
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833March 13, 1901) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia–a grandson of the ninth pr ...
's
presidency
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.
The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives
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was based on the
Tenth Census of the United States in 1880.
The
Republicans maintained a majority in the Senate (albeit reduced), but the
Democrats won back the majority in the House, ending the Republican overall federal government
trifecta
file:Trifecta.svg, Trifecta
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.
Major events
Major legislation
* May 5, 1892:
Geary Act
The Geary Act was a United States law that extended the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 by adding onerous new requirements. It was written by California Representative Thomas J. Geary and was passed by Congress on .
The law required all Chinese r ...
* February 13, 1893:
Harter Act (Carriage of Goods by Sea), ch. 105,
Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
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President
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:
Levi P. Morton
Levi Parsons Morton (May 16, 1824 – May 16, 1920) was the 22nd vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He also served as United States ambassador to France, as a U.S. representative from New York, and as the 31st Governor of Ne ...
(R)
*
President pro tempore
A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...
:
Charles F. Manderson (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 ...
:
John Sherman
John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He also served as ...
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Arthur P. Gorman
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
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Society and politics
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:
Charles F. Crisp
Charles Frederick Crisp (January 29, 1845 – October 23, 1896) was a United States political figure. A Democrat, he was elected as a congressman from Georgia in 1882, and served until his death in 1896. From 1890 until his death, he led the De ...
(D)
*
Minority Leader:
Thomas B. Reed
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
William S. Holman
*
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 ...
:
Thomas J. Henderson
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Roswell P. Flower
Roswell Pettibone Flower (August 7, 1835May 12, 1899) was an American politician who served as the 30th Governor of New York from 1892 to 1894. He also served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889 to 1891.
Biography
He was bo ...
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by
class
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, and representatives are listed by district.
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Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Senators are listed by
Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1892; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1894; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1896.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
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, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
: 2.
John T. Morgan (D)
: 3.
James L. Pugh
James Lawrence Pugh (December 12, 1820March 9, 1907) was a U.S. senator from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Pugh was born in Burke County, Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 18 ...
(D)
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
: 2.
James H. Berry
James Henderson Berry (May 15, 1841 – January 30, 1913) was a United States Senator and served as the 14th governor of Arkansas.
Early life
James Henderson Berry was born in Jackson County, Alabama, to Isabella Jane (née Orr) and James McF ...
(D)
: 3.
James K. Jones (D)
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
: 1.
Charles N. Felton (R), from March 19, 1891
: 3.
Leland Stanford
Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824June 21, 1893) was an American industrialist and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 8th governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented California in the United States Se ...
(R)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
: 2.
Edward O. Wolcott (R)
: 3.
Henry M. Teller (R)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
: 1.
Joseph R. Hawley
Joseph Roswell Hawley (October 31, 1826March 18, 1905) was the 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a U.S. politician in the Republican and Free Soil parties, a Civil War general, and a journalist and newspaper editor. He served two terms in the U ...
(R)
: 3.
Orville H. Platt
Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 – April 21, 1905) was a United States senator from Connecticut. Platt was a prominent conservative Republican and by the 1890s he became one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the ma ...
(R)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
: 1.
George Gray (D)
: 2.
Anthony Higgins (R)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
: 1.
Samuel Pasco
Samuel Pasco (June 28, 1834March 13, 1917) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Florida.
Biography
Pasco was born in London, England, to a family of Cornish ancestry. His family moved to Prince Edward Island in 1841 befo ...
(D)
: 3.
Wilkinson Call
Wilkinson Call (January 9, 1834August 24, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1879 to 1897.
Biography
Wilkinson Call, nephew of Territorial Governor of Florida Richard K. Call a ...
(D), from May 26, 1891
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
: 2.
Alfred H. Colquitt
Alfred Holt Colquitt (April 20, 1824March 26, 1894) was an American lawyer, preacher, soldier, and politician. Elected as the List of Governors of Georgia, 49th Governor of Georgia (1877–1882), he was one of numerous Democrats elected to offi ...
(D)
: 3.
John B. Gordon (D)
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...
: 2.
George L. Shoup (R)
: 3.
Fred T. Dubois (R)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
: 2.
Shelby M. Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom (November 22, 1829 – January 28, 1914) was a U.S. political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois.
Life and ca ...
(R)
: 3.
John McAuley Palmer (D)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
: 1.
David Turpie
David Battle Turpie (July 8, 1828 – April 21, 1909) was an American politician who served as a Senator from Indiana from 1887 until 1899; he also served as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 1898 to 1899 during the last year of his ...
(D)
: 3.
Daniel W. Voorhees (D)
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...
: 2.
James F. Wilson (R)
: 3.
William B. Allison
William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 – August 4, 1908) was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in th ...
(R)
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
: 2.
Preston B. Plumb
Preston Bierce Plumb (October 12, 1837December 20, 1891) was a United States senator from Kansas, as well as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
Born in Delaware County, Ohio, at 9 his family removed to Marysv ...
(R), until December 20, 1891
::
Bishop W. Perkins
Bishop Walden Perkins (October 18, 1841June 20, 1894) was a United States representative and United States Senate, Senator from Kansas. Born in Rochester, Ohio, he attended the common schools and Knox College (Illinois), Knox College (Galesburg, ...
(R), from January 1, 1892
: 3.
William A. Peffer
William Alfred Peffer (September 10, 1831October 6, 1912) was a United States Senate, United States Senator from Kansas, notable for being the first of six Populist Party (United States), Populists (two of whom, more than any other state, were fr ...
(P)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
: 2.
John G. Carlisle (D), until February 4, 1893
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William Lindsay (D), from February 15, 1893
: 3.
Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
: 2.
Randall L. Gibson (D), until December 15, 1892
::
Donelson Caffery
Donelson Caffery (September 10, 1835December 30, 1906) was an American politician from the state of Louisiana, a soldier in the American Civil War, and a sugar plantation owner.
Biography
Caffery was born in Franklin, Louisiana, the seat of S ...
(D), from December 31, 1892
: 3.
Edward D. White (D)
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
: 1.
Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for n ...
(R)
: 2.
William P. Frye
William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...
(R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
: 1.
Arthur Pue Gorman
Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorman ...
(D)
: 3.
Charles H. Gibson (D), from November 19, 1891
: 1.
Henry L. Dawes (R)
: 2.
George F. Hoar
George Frisbie Hoar (August 29, 1826 – September 30, 1904) was an American attorney and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1877 to 1904. He belonged to an extended family that became politically prominen ...
(R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
: 1.
Francis B. Stockbridge
Francis Brown Stockbridge (April 9, 1826April 30, 1894) was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
Stockbridge was born in Bath, Maine, the son of a physician, Dr. John Stockbridge, and attended the common schools there. He clerked at a who ...
(R)
: 2.
James McMillan James (or Jim or Jimmy) McMillan or MacMillan may refer to:
Sportspeople
* James McMillan (footballer, born c. 1866) (c. 1866–?), played for Sunderland
* James McMillan (footballer, born 1869) (1869–1937), played for Scotland,Everton and St ...
(R)
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
: 1.
Cushman K. Davis
Cushman Kellogg Davis (June 16, 1838November 27, 1900) was an American Republican politician who served as the seventh Governor of Minnesota and as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota.
Early life and American Civil War
Davis was born in Henderson, Ne ...
(R)
: 2.
William D. Washburn (R)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
: 1.
James Z. George
James Zachariah George (October 20, 1826August 14, 1897) was an American lawyer, writer, U.S. politician, Confederate politician, and military officer. He was known as Mississippi's "Great Commoner". He was also a slave owner.
Biography
James ...
(D)
: 2.
Edward C. Walthall
Edward Cary Walthall (April 4, 1831April 21, 1898) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Mississippi.
Early life
Edward C. Walthall was born in Richmond, Virgi ...
(D)
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
: 1.
Francis M. Cockrell
Francis Marion Cockrell (October 1, 1834December 13, 1915) was a Confederate military commander and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States senator from Missouri for five terms. He was a prominent member o ...
(D)
: 3.
George G. Vest (D)
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
: 1.
Wilbur F. Sanders
Wilbur Fisk Sanders (May 2, 1834 – July 7, 1905) was a United States senator from Montana. A leading pioneer and a skilled lawyer, Sanders played a prominent role in the development of Montana Territory and the state's early political hi ...
(R)
: 2.
Thomas C. Power (R)
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...
: 1.
Algernon S. Paddock
Algernon Sidney Paddock (November 9, 1830October 17, 1897) was an American politician who was a Republican secretary of Nebraska Territory and U.S. Senator from Nebraska after statehood.
Biography
Paddock was born in Glens Falls, New York. His f ...
(R)
: 2.
Charles F. Manderson (R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
: 1.
William M. Stewart
William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
Personal
Stewart was born in Wayne Count ...
(R)
: 3.
John P. Jones (R)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
: 2.
William E. Chandler
William Eaton Chandler (December 28, 1835November 30, 1917), also known as Bill Chandler, was a lawyer who served as United States Secretary of the Navy and as a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. In the 1880s, he was a member of the Republican "H ...
(R)
: 3.
Jacob H. Gallinger
Jacob Harold Gallinger (March 28, 1837 – August 17, 1918), was a United States senator from New Hampshire who served as President pro tempore of the Senate in 1912 and 1913.
Early life and career
Jacob Harold Gallinger was born in Cornwall, O ...
(R)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
: 1.
Rufus Blodgett (D)
: 2.
John R. McPherson (D)
New York
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* 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.
Frank Hiscock
Frank Hiscock (September 6, 1834June 18, 1914) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from New York. He served in the United States Congress from 1877 to 1893.
Hiscock was a native of Pompey, New York, and graduated from Pompey Academy. Af ...
(R)
: 3.
David B. Hill
David Bennett Hill (August 29, 1843October 20, 1910) was an American politician from New York who was the 29th Governor of New York from 1885 to 1891 and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1892 to 1897.
In 1892, he made an u ...
(D), from January 7, 1892
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
: 2.
Matt W. Ransom (D)
: 3.
Zebulon B. Vance (D)
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
: 1.
Lyman R. Casey
Lyman Rufus Casey Jr. (May 6, 1837January 26, 1914) was a United States senator from North Dakota.
Early life
On May 6, 1837, Casey was born as Lyman Rufus Casey Jr. in York, New York.
In 1853, Casey moved with his parents to Ypsilanti, Mich ...
(R)
: 3.
Henry C. Hansbrough
Henry Clay Hansbrough (January 30, 1848November 16, 1933) was a United States politician who served as the first United States Representative from North Dakota, as well as a Senator from North Dakota.
Biography
Henry Clay Hansbrough was born ...
(R)
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
: 1.
John Sherman
John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He also served as ...
(R)
: 3.
Calvin S. Brice (D)
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
: 2.
Joseph N. Dolph (R)
: 3.
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)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
: 1.
Matthew S. Quay
Matthew Stanley "Matt" Quay (September 30, 1833May 28, 1904) was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1887 until 1899 and from 1901 until his death in 1904. Quay's control o ...
(R)
: 3.
J. Donald Cameron
James Donald Cameron (May 14, 1833 – August 30, 1918) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and in the United States Senate for nearly twenty years. In May, 1876 Cameron was ...
(R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...
: 1.
Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the 1 ...
(R)
: 2.
Nathan F. Dixon III (R)
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
: 2.
Matthew C. Butler
Matthew Calbraith Butler (March 8, 1836April 14, 1909) was a Confederate soldier, an American military commander and attorney and politician from South Carolina. He served as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American ...
(D)
: 3.
John L. M. Irby
John Laurens Manning Irby (September 10, 1854December 9, 1900) was a United States senator from South Carolina. Born in Laurens, he attended Laurensville Male Academy (Lauren), Princeton College (Princeton, New Jersey in 1870-1871, and the Uni ...
(D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
: 2.
Richard F. Pettigrew
Richard Franklin Pettigrew (July 23, 1848October 5, 1926) was an American lawyer, surveyor, and land developer. He represented the Dakota Territory in the U.S. Congress and, after the Dakotas were admitted as States, he was the first U.S. Senato ...
(R)
: 3.
James H. Kyle
James Henderson Kyle (February 24, 1854July 1, 1901) was an American politician. One of the most successful members of the Populist Party (United States), Populist Party, he served for 10 years as a member of the United States Senate from South ...
(I, later P)
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
: 1.
William B. Bate
William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
(D)
: 2.
Isham G. Harris (D)
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
: 1.
John H. Reagan (D), until June 10, 1891
::
Horace Chilton (D), from June 10, 1891, until March 22, 1892
::
Roger Q. Mills
Roger Quarles Mills (March 30, 1832September 2, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician. During the American Civil War, he served as an officer in the Confederate States Army. Later, he served in the US Congress, first as a representative a ...
(D), from March 23, 1892
: 2.
Richard Coke
Richard Coke (March 18, 1829May 14, 1897) was an American lawyer and statesman from Waco, Texas. He was the 15th governor of Texas from 1874 to 1876 and was a US Senator from 1877 to 1895. His governorship is notable for reestablishing local ...
(D)
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
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George F. Edmunds
George Franklin Edmunds (February 1, 1828February 27, 1919) was a Republican U.S. Senator from Vermont. Before entering the U.S. Senate, he served in a number of high-profile positions, including Speaker of the Vermont House of Representative ...
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Redfield Proctor
Redfield Proctor (June 1, 1831March 4, 1908) was a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. He served as the 37th governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880, as Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891, and as a United States Senator for Vermont from 189 ...
(R), from November 2, 1891
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Justin S. Morrill (R)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
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John W. Daniel (D)
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John S. Barbour Jr. (D), until May 14, 1892
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Eppa Hunton, II (D), from May 28, 1892
Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
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John B. Allen
John Beard Allen (May 18, 1845January 28, 1903) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Washington from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the United States represent ...
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Watson C. Squire
Watson Carvosso Squire (May 18, 1838June 7, 1926) was an American Civil War veteran, twelfth governor of Washington Territory, and United States Senator from the state of Washington.
Biography
Born in Cape Vincent, New York, Squire attended the p ...
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West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...
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Charles J. Faulkner (D)
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John E. Kenna
John Edward Kenna (April 10, 1848January 11, 1893) was an American politician who was a Senator from West Virginia from 1883 until his death.
Biography
Kenna was born in Kanawha County, Virginia (now West Virginia, near the city of St. Albans) ...
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Johnson N. Camden
Johnson Newlon Camden (March 6, 1828 – April 25, 1908) was a prominent oilman, industrialist, banker, railroad tycoon, and politician who was estimated to have $25 million at the time of his unexpected death. Although both of his attempts to b ...
(D), from January 25, 1893
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
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Philetus Sawyer
Philetus Sawyer (September 22, 1816March 29, 1900) was a United States senator from Wisconsin for twelve years (1881–1893). He also represented Wisconsin for ten years in the United States House of Representatives (1865–1875), and he ...
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William F. Vilas
William Freeman Vilas (July 9, 1840August 27, 1908) was an American lawyer, politician, and United States Senator. In the U.S. Senate, he represented the state of Wisconsin for one term, from 1891 to 1897. As a prominent Bourbon Democrat, he wa ...
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Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...
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Francis E. Warren (R)
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Joseph M. Carey
Joseph Maull Carey (January 19, 1845February 5, 1924) was an American lawyer, rancher, judge, and politician, who was active in Wyoming
Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by ...
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House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
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Richard H. Clarke (D)
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Hilary A. Herbert (D)
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William C. Oates
William Calvin Oates (either November 30 or December 1, 1835September 9, 1910) was a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, the 29th Governor of Alabama from 1894 to 1896, and a brigadier general in the U.S. Arm ...
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Louis W. Turpin (D)
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James E. Cobb (D)
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John H. Bankhead (D)
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William H. Forney (D)
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Joseph Wheeler
Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler (September 10, 1836 – January 25, 1906) was an American military commander and politician. He was a cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War, and then a general in ...
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Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
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William H. Cate
William Henderson Cate (November 11, 1839 – August 23, 1899) was an American politician, a judge, and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Biography
Cate was born near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the son of Noah Cate, who was a Baptist minister, ...
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Clifton R. Breckinridge (D)
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Thomas C. McRae (D)
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William L. Terry (D)
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Samuel W. Peel
Samuel West Peel (September 13, 1831 – December 18, 1924) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1893.
Early life and education
Peel was born near ...
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California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
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Thomas J. Geary (D)
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Anthony Caminetti (D)
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Joseph McKenna
Joseph McKenna (August 10, 1843 – November 21, 1926) was an American politician who served in all three branches of the U.S. federal government, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Attorney General and as an Associate J ...
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Samuel G. Hilborn
Samuel Greeley Hilborn (December 9, 1834 – April 19, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from California in the late 19th Century.
Early life
Born in Minot, Androscoggin (then Cumberland) County, Maine, Hilborn attended the common schools, He ...
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John T. Cutting (R)
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Eugene F. Loud (R)
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William W. Bowers (R)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
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Hosea Townsend
Hosea Townsend (June 16, 1840 – March 4, 1909) was an attorney and a U.S. Representative from Colorado. Appointed by Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, he was a United States judge for the southern district of the Indian Territory from 1897 to ...
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Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
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Lewis Sperry
Lewis Sperry (January 23, 1848 – June 22, 1922) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was born at East Windsor Hill, South Windsor, Connecticut. He attended the district school and Monson Academy, Monson, Massachusetts and ...
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Washington F. Willcox (D)
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Charles A. Russell (R)
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Robert E. De Forest (D)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
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John W. Causey (D)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
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Stephen R. Mallory
Stephen Russell Mallory (1812 – November 9, 1873) was a Democratic senator from Florida from 1851 to the secession of his home state and the outbreak of the American Civil War. For much of that period, he was chairman of the Committee on Na ...
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Robert Bullock
Robert Bullock (December 8, 1828 – July 27, 1905) was an American state legislator and a United States representative from Florida. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Early life and caree ...
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Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
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Rufus E. Lester (D)
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Henry G. Turner
Henry Gray Turner (March 20, 1839 – June 9, 1904) was an American politician, teacher, jurist and soldier. The Henry Gray Turner House in Quitman, Georgia is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Biography
Turner was born ...
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Charles F. Crisp
Charles Frederick Crisp (January 29, 1845 – October 23, 1896) was a United States political figure. A Democrat, he was elected as a congressman from Georgia in 1882, and served until his death in 1896. From 1890 until his death, he led the De ...
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Charles L. Moses
Charles Leavell Moses (May 2, 1856 – October 10, 1913) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia.
Born near Turin, Georgia, Moses attended small country schools and ultimately ...
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Leonidas F. Livingston
Leonidas Felix Livingston (April 3, 1832 – February 11, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Early life and political involvement
Born near Covington, Georgia, Livingston attended the common schools, and engaged in agricultur ...
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James H. Blount (D)
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Robert W. Everett (D)
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Thomas G. Lawson (D)
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Thomas E. Winn (D)
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Thomas E. Watson
Thomas Edward Watson (September 5, 1856 – September 26, 1922) was an American politician, attorney, newspaper editor and writer from Georgia. In the 1890s Watson championed poor farmers as a leader of the Populist Party, articulating an a ...
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Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...
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Willis Sweet (R)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
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Abner Taylor
Abner Taylor (January 19, 1829 – April 13, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Bangor, Maine, Taylor moved with his parents to Champaign County, Ohio, in 1832, thence to Fort Dodge, Iowa, and subsequently to Chicago, Illi ...
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Lawrence E. McGann
Lawrence Edward McGann (February 2, 1852 – July 22, 1928), born in Dooghcloon, near Attymon, County Galway, Ireland, was a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1891 to 1895. He was a Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Allan C. Durborow Jr.
Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. (November 10, 1857 – March 10, 1908) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Durborow moved to Indiana in 1862 with his parents, who set ...
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Walter C. Newberry
Walter Cass Newberry (December 23, 1835 – July 20, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Newberry was born in Waterville, New York and enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War as a private in the Eighty-first Regiment, New ...
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Albert J. Hopkins (R)
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Robert R. Hitt
Robert Roberts Hitt (January 16, 1834 – September 20, 1906) was an American diplomat and Republican politician from Illinois. He served briefly as assistant secretary of state in the short-lived administration of James A. Garfield but r ...
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Thomas J. Henderson (R)
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Lewis Steward (D)
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Herman W. Snow
Herman Wilber Snow (July 3, 1836 – August 25, 1914) was an American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois, the sergeant at arms of the United States House of Representatives, a ...
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Philip S. Post (R)
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Benjamin T. Cable
Benjamin Taylor Cable (August 11, 1853 – December 13, 1923) was an American politician who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1891 to 1893
Life
Born in Georgetown, Kentucky, C ...
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Scott Wike
Scott Wike (April 6, 1834 – January 15, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Wike moved with his parents to Quincy, Illinois, in 1838 and to Pike County in 1844.
He graduated from Lombard Univers ...
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William M. Springer (D)
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Owen Scott
Owen Scott (July 6, 1848 – December 21, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born on a farm in Jackson Township, Illinois, Scott attended the common schools, a private school in Kinmundy and the State normal school in Normal, Illin ...
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Samuel T. Busey (D)
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George W. Fithian (D)
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Edward Lane (D)
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William S. Forman (D)
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James R. Williams (D)
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George Washington Smith (R)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
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William F. Parrett (D)
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John L. Bretz (D)
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Jason B. Brown (D)
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William S. Holman (D)
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George W. Cooper (D)
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Henry U. Johnson (R)
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William D. Bynum (D)
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Elijah V. Brookshire (D)
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Daniel W. Waugh (R)
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David H. Patton (D)
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Augustus N. Martin
Augustus Newton Martin (March 23, 1847 – July 11, 1901) was an American lawyer, educator, and veteran of the American Civil War, Civil War who served three terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana fro ...
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Charles A. O. McClellan (D)
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Benjamin F. Shively (D)
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...
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John J. Seerley (D)
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Walter I. Hayes (D)
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David B. Henderson
David Bremner Henderson (March 14, 1840 – February 25, 1906), a ten-term United States Republican Party, Republican United States House of Representatives, congressman from Dubuque, Iowa, was the speaker of the United States House of Repre ...
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Walter H. Butler (D)
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John T. Hamilton (D)
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Frederick E. White (D)
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John A. T. Hull (R)
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James P. Flick (R)
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Thomas Bowman (D)
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Jonathan P. Dolliver
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (February 6, 1858October 15, 1910) was a Republican orator, U.S. Representative, then U.S. Senator from Iowa at the turn of the 20th century.Thomas Richard Ross, ''Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver: A Study in Political Inte ...
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George D. Perkins
George Douglas Perkins (February 29, 1840 – February 3, 1914) was a longtime newspaper editor, Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district in the northwestern portion of the state, and a candidate for his party's ...
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Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
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Case Broderick (R)
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Edward H. Funston (R)
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Benjamin H. Clover (P)
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John G. Otis (P)
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John Davis (P)
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William Baker (P)
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Jeremiah Simpson (P)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
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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 ...
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William T. Ellis (D)
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Isaac H. Goodnight (D)
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Alexander B. Montgomery
Alexander Brooks Montgomery (December 11, 1837 – December 27, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born near Tip Top, Kentucky, Montgomery attended the common and private schools. He was graduated from Georgetown (Kentucky) Colle ...
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Asher G. Caruth
Asher Graham Caruth (February 7, 1844 – November 25, 1907) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Early life and family
Asher G. Caruth was born in Scottsville, Kentucky, on February 7, 1844."Caruth, Asher Graham". ''Biographical Directory o ...
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William W. Dickerson (D)
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William C. P. Breckinridge (D)
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James B. McCreary (D)
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Thomas H. Paynter
Thomas Hanson Paynter (December 9, 1851March 8, 1921) was a United States Senator and Representative from Kentucky.
Born on a farm near Vanceburg, Kentucky, Paynter attended the common schools, Rand's Academy, and Centre College. There he studi ...
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John W. Kendall (D), until March 7, 1892
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Joseph M. Kendall (D), from April 21, 1892
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John H. Wilson (R)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
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Adolph Meyer
Adolph Meyer (October 19, 1842 – March 8, 1908) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served nine terms as a Democrat from 1891 until his death in office in 1908.
Biography
Meyer was bo ...
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Matthew D. Lagan (D)
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Andrew Price (D)
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Newton C. Blanchard
Newton Crain Blanchard (January 29, 1849 – June 22, 1922) was a United States representative, U.S. senator, and the 33rd governor of Louisiana.
Personal life
Born in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana, he completed academic studies, ...
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Charles J. Boatner (D)
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Samuel M. 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 Institute ...
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Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
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Thomas B. Reed (R)
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Nelson Dingley Jr.
Nelson Dingley Jr. (February 15, 1832 – January 13, 1899) was a journalist and politician from the U.S. state of Maine.
Dingley was born in Durham, Maine and attended the common schools at Unity, Maine and Waterville College (now Colby Co ...
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Seth L. Milliken
Seth Llewellyn Milliken (December 12, 1831 – April 18, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.
Early life
Born in Montville, Maine, the son of William Milliken and Lucy P. Perrigo. Milliken attended the common schools and Waterville Col ...
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Charles A. Boutelle
Charles Addison Boutelle (February 9, 1839 – May 21, 1901) was an American seaman, shipmaster, naval officer, Civil War veteran, newspaper editor, publisher, conservative Republican politician, and nine-term Representative to the U.S. Congress f ...
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Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
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Henry Page (D), until September 3, 1892
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Herman Stump (D)
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Henry W. Rusk (D)
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Isidor Rayner (D)
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Barnes Compton
Barnes Compton (November 16, 1830 – December 2, 1898) was a Representative of the fifth congressional district of Maryland and a Treasurer of Maryland.
Early life
Barnes Compton was born on November 16, 1830 in Port Tobacco, Charles County, ...
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William M. McKaig (D)
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Charles S. Randall (R)
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Elijah A. Morse (R)
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John F. Andrew (D)
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Joseph H. O'Neil
Joseph Henry O'Neil (March 23, 1853 – February 19, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, O'Neil moved with his parents to Boston in 1854.
He attended the common schools.
He graduated fr ...
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Sherman Hoar
Sherman Hoar (July 30, 1860 – October 7, 1898), was an American lawyer, member of Congress representing Massachusetts, and U.S. District Attorney for Massachusetts.
As a young man he was the model for the head of the John Harvard statue no ...
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign policy. ...
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William Cogswell (R)
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Moses T. Stevens (D)
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George F. Williams (D)
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Joseph H. Walker (R)
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Frederick S. Coolidge (D)
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John C. Crosby (D)
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
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J. Logan Chipman (D)
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James S. Gorman (D)
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James O'Donnell (R)
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Julius C. Burrows (R)
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Melbourne H. Ford (D), until April 20, 1891
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Charles E. Belknap (R), from November 3, 1891
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Byron G. Stout (D)
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Justin R. Whiting (D)
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Henry M. Youmans (D)
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Harrison H. Wheeler
Harrison H. Wheeler (March 22, 1839 – July 28, 1896) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Biography
Wheeler was born at Farmers Creek in Lapeer County, Michigan and attended the common schools. He taught school until 1861 and the ...
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Thomas A. E. Weadock (D)
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Samuel M. Stephenson
Samuel Merritt Stephenson (December 23, 1831 – July 31, 1907) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Personal life
Stephenson was born in Hartland, New Brunswick, and moved with his parents to Maine, and later, in 1846, to Delta Cou ...
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Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
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William H. Harries (D)
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John Lind John Lind is the name of:
* John Lind (barrister) (1737–1781), English lawyer and political writer
* John Lind (politician) (1854–1930), US politician
* John Lind (female impersonator) (1877–1940), female impersonator
See also
*Jon Lind, ...
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Osee M. Hall (D)
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James N. Castle (D)
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Kittel Halvorson
Kittel Halvorson (December 15, 1846 – July 12, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Biography
Kittel Halvorson was born near Tuddal in Hjartdal, Hjartdal parish, Telemark, Norway. In 1848, he immigrated to the United States with ...
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Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
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John M. Allen (D)
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John C. Kyle
John Curtis Kyle (July 17, 1851 – July 6, 1913) was an American attorney and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Mississippi during the late 19th century. He was most notable for his service as mayor of Sardis, Mississip ...
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Thomas C. Catchings (D)
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Clarke Lewis (D)
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Joseph H. Beeman (D)
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Thomas R. Stockdale (D)
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Charles E. Hooker
Charles Edward Hooker (April 9, 1825 – January 8, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Biography
Charles E. Hooker
Born in Union, South Carolina, Hooker was raised in Laurens District, South Carolina. He attended the common schoo ...
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Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
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William H. Hatch (D)
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Charles H. Mansur (D)
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Alexander M. Dockery (D)
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Robert P. C. Wilson (D)
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John C. Tarsney (D)
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John T. Heard
John Taddeus Heard (October 29, 1840 – January 27, 1927) was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1895.
Heard was born in Georgetown, Missouri, in Pettis County, Missouri. He graduated from the Un ...
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Richard H. Norton (D)
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John J. O'Neill (D)
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Seth W. Cobb (D)
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Samuel Byrns (D)
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Richard P. Bland
Richard Parks Bland (August 19, 1835 – June 15, 1899) was an American politician, lawyer, and educator from Missouri. A Democrat, Bland served in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1899,
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David A. De Armond
David Albaugh De Armond (March 18, 1844 – November 23, 1909) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States House of Representatives, Representative representing Missouri's 12th congressional district from March 4, 1891 unti ...
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Robert W. Fyan (D)
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Marshall Arnold (D)
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
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William W. Dixon (D)
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...
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William J. Bryan
William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, orator and politician. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President ...
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William A. McKeighan (P)
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Omer M. Kem (P)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
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Horace F. Bartine (R)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
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Luther F. McKinney
Luther Franklin McKinney (April 25, 1841 – July 30, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.
Born in Newark, Ohio, McKinney attended common and private schools. He taught school for a while. When the Civil War began, he enlisted in ...
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Warren F. Daniell (D)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
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Christopher A. Bergen (R)
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James Buchanan
James Buchanan Jr. ( ; April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861. He previously served as secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and repr ...
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Jacob A. Geissenhainer (D)
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Samuel Fowler (D)
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Cornelius A. Cadmus (D)
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Thomas D. English (D)
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Edward F. McDonald (D), until November 5, 1892, vacant thereafter
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
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James W. Covert
James Way Covert (September 2, 1842 – May 16, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a United States representative from NYCongDel, New York from 1877 to 1881, and from 1889 to 1895
Biography
Born at Oyster Bay (h ...
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David A. Boody (D), until October 13, 1891
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Alfred C. Chapin
Alfred Clark Chapin (March 8, 1848 – October 2, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the Mayor of Brooklyn and for one year as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1891 to 1892.
Early life
Chap ...
(D), from November 3, 1891, until November 16, 1892, vacant thereafter
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William J. Coombs (D)
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John M. Clancy (D)
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Thomas F. Magner (D)
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John R. Fellows
John R. Fellows (July 29, 1832 – December 7, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician from Arkansas and New York (state), New York. He served as New York County District Attorney (1888-1890, 1894-1896), and a member of Congress from New Yo ...
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Edward J. Dunphy (D)
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Timothy J. Campbell (D)
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Amos J. Cummings
Amos Jay Cummings (May 15, 1841 – May 2, 1902) was an American newspaperman, American Civil War, Civil War veteran, and politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, United States Representative from New York (state), New ...
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Francis B. Spinola
Francis Barretto Spinola (March 19, 1821 – April 14, 1891) was an American politician and military leader often considered to have been the first Italian AmericanMultiple sources:
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(D), until April 14, 1891
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W. Bourke Cockran (D), from November 3, 1891
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J. De Witt Warner (D)
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Roswell P. Flower
Roswell Pettibone Flower (August 7, 1835May 12, 1899) was an American politician who served as the 30th Governor of New York from 1892 to 1894. He also served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889 to 1891.
Biography
He was bo ...
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Joseph J. Little
Joseph James Little (June 5, 1841 – February 11, 1913) was an American printer by trade who served as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1891 to 1893, after winning a special election to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of ...
(D), from November 3, 1891
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Ashbel P. Fitch (D)
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William G. Stahlnecker
William Griggs Stahlnecker (June 20, 1849 – March 26, 1902) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York from 1885 to 1893.
Biogra ...
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Henry Bacon
Henry Bacon (November 28, 1866February 16, 1924) was an American Beaux-Arts architect who is best remembered for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (built 1915–1922), which was his final project.
Education and early career
Henr ...
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John H. Ketcham (R)
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Isaac N. Cox (D)
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John A. Quackenbush (R)
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Charles Tracey (D)
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John Sanford (R)
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John M. Wever (R)
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Leslie W. Russell (R), until September 11, 1891
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Newton M. Curtis (R), from November 3, 1891
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Henry W. Bentley (D)
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George Van Horn (D)
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James J. Belden
James Jerome Belden (September 30, 1825 – January 1, 1904) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
Born in Fabius, New York, Belden was the son of Royal Denison Belding and Olive Cadwell and attended th ...
(R)
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George W. Ray (R)
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Sereno E. Payne
Sereno Elisha Payne (June 26, 1843 – December 10, 1914) was a United States representative from New York and the first House Majority Leader, holding the office from 1899 to 1911. He was a Republican congressman from 1883 to 1887 and then ...
(R)
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Hosea H. Rockwell (D)
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John Raines
John Raines (May 6, 1840 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York – December 16, 1909 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He authored the 1896 Raines Law, which prohibited liquor sales on ...
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Halbert S. Greenleaf (D)
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James W. Wadsworth (R)
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Daniel N. Lockwood (D)
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Thomas L. Bunting (D)
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Warren B. Hooker
Warren Brewster Hooker (November 24, 1856 – March 5, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Perrysburg, New York, Hooker attended the public schools and Forestville Free Academy, Forestville, New York. He studied law and was ...
(R)
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
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William A. B. Branch (D)
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Henry P. Cheatham (R)
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Benjamin F. Grady (D)
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Benjamin H. Bunn (D)
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Archibald H. A. Williams (D)
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Sydenham B. Alexander (D)
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John S. Henderson (D)
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William H. H. Cowles (D)
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William T. Crawford
William Thomas Crawford (born June 1, 1856 near Waynesville, North Carolina; died November 16, 1913, Waynesville, North Carolina) was a Representative from North Carolina.
He attended the public schools and Waynesville Academy.
From 1884-1888 ...
(D)
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
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Martin N. Johnson (R)
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
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Bellamy Storer (R)
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John A. Caldwell
John Alexander Caldwell (April 21, 1852 – May 24, 1927) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1889 to 1894. He also served as the 25th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1900 to 1902.
Biography
Born in ...
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George W. Houk (D)
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Martin K. Gantz (D)
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Fernando C. Layton (D)
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Dennis D. Donovan (D)
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William E. Haynes (D)
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Darius D. Hare (D)
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Joseph H. Outhwaite (D)
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Robert E. Doan (R)
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John M. Pattison (D)
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William H. Enochs (R)
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J. Irvine Dungan (D)
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James W. Owens
James W. Owens is an American economist and manufacturing executive. He is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines ...
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Michael D. Harter
Michael Daniel Harter (April 6, 1846 – February 22, 1896) was a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1891 to 1895. He was the grandson of Robert Moore.
Biography
Born in Canton, Ohio, Harter attended the public schools.
He engaged in ...
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John G. Warwick
John George Warwick (December 23, 1830August 14, 1892) was an American politician who served briefly as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1891 until his death in 1892
Biography
Born in County Tyrone on the island of Ireland (the entirety o ...
(D), until August 14, 1892
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Lewis P. Ohliger (D), from December 5, 1892
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Albert J. Pearson (D)
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Joseph D. Taylor
Joseph Danner Taylor (November 7, 1830 – September 19, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio, serving four full terms and part of a fifth in the late 19th century.
Biography
Joseph D. Tay ...
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Ezra B. Taylor (R)
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Vincent A. Taylor (R)
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Tom L. Johnson (D)
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
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Binger Hermann
Binger Hermann (February 19, 1843 – April 15, 1926) was an American attorney and politician in Oregon. A native of Maryland, he immigrated to the Oregon Territory with his parents as part of the Baltimore Colony. Hermann would serve in both ...
(R)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
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Henry H. Bingham
Henry Harrison Bingham (December 4, 1841 – March 22, 1912) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1879 to 1912. He w ...
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Charles O'Neill (R)
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William McAleer
William McAleer (January 6, 1838April 19, 1912) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1891 to 1895 and from 1897 t ...
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John E. Reyburn
John Edgar Reyburn (February 7, 1845 – January 4, 1914) was an American politician from Ohio who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1890 to 1897, Pennsylvania' ...
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Alfred C. Harmer (R)
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John B. Robinson (R)
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Edwin Hallowell
Edwin Hallowell (April 2, 1844 – September 13, 1916) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Edwin Hallowell was born near Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools. He enga ...
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William Mutchler
William Mutchler (December 21, 1831 – June 23, 1893) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
William Mutchler (father of Howard Mutchler) was born in Palmer Township, Pennsylvania. He attended ...
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David B. Brunner (D)
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Marriott Brosius (R)
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Lemuel Amerman
Lemuel Amerman (October 29, 1846 – October 7, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1893.
Life and career
Lemuel Amerman w ...
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George W. Shonk
George Washington Shonk (April 26, 1850 – August 14, 1900) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Formative years and family
Born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, on April 2 ...
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James B. Reilly (D)
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John W. Rife (R)
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Myron B. Wright (R)
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Albert C. Hopkins (R)
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Simon P. Wolverton (D)
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Louis E. Atkinson (R)
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Frank E. Beltzhoover (D)
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Edward Scull
Edward Scull (February 5, 1818 – July 10, 1900) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 1887 to 1889 and 20th cong ...
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George F. Huff
George Franklin Huff (July 16, 1842 – April 18, 1912) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
George F. Huff was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He atte ...
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John Dalzell
John Dalzell (April 19, 1845 – October 2, 1927) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887–1913. During the presidency of The ...
(R)
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William A. Stone (R)
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Andrew Stewart (R), until February 26, 1892
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Alexander K. Craig (D), from February 26, 1892, until July 29, 1892
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William A. Sipe (D), from December 5, 1892
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Eugene P. Gillespie (D)
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Matthew Griswold (R)
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Charles W. Stone (R)
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George F. Kribbs (D)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...
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Oscar Lapham (D)
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Charles H. Page (D)
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
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William H. Brawley (D)
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George D. Tillman (D)
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George Johnstone (D)
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George W. Shell (D)
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John J. Hemphill (D)
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Eli T. Stackhouse (D), until June 14, 1892
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John L. McLaurin
John Lowndes McLaurin (May 9, 1860 – July 29, 1934) was a United States representative and Senator from South Carolina. He was born in Red Bluff, South Carolina, in Marlboro County, South Carolina and attended schools at Bennettsville, Sou ...
(D), from December 5, 1892
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William Elliott (D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
Both representatives were elected statewide on a
general ticket
The general ticket, also known as party block voting (PBV) or ticket voting, is a type of block voting in which voters opt for a party, or a team's set list of candidates, and the highest-polling party/team becomes the winner. Unless specifically ...
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John R. Gamble (R), until August 14, 1891
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John L. Jolley (R), from December 7, 1891
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John A. Pickler (R)
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
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Alfred A. Taylor (R)
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Leonidas C. Houk
Leonidas Campbell Houk (June 8, 1836 – May 25, 1891) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd congressional district of Tennessee. Between 1878 and 1891, Houk was elected to seven con ...
(R), until May 25, 1891
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John C. Houk
John Chiles Houk (February 26, 1860 – June 3, 1923) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Houk was born in Clinton, Tennessee in Anders ...
(R), from December 7, 1891
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Henry C. Snodgrass
Henry Clay Snodgrass (March 29, 1848April 22, 1931) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Snodgrass was born on March 29, 1848 near Spar ...
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Benton McMillin
Benton McMillin (September 11, 1845 – January 8, 1933) was an American politician and diplomat. He served as the 27th governor of Tennessee from 1899 to 1903, and represented Tennessee's 4th district in the United States House of Representati ...
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James D. Richardson (D)
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Joseph E. Washington (D)
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Nicholas N. Cox (D)
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Benjamin A. Enloe (D)
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Rice A. Pierce (D)
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Josiah Patterson
Josiah Patterson (April 14, 1837 – February 10, 1904) was a Confederate soldier, political figure, and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 10th District of Tennessee.
Biography
Patterson was born in Morgan County, ...
(D)
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
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Charles Stewart (D)
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John B. Long (D)
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Constantine B. Kilgore (D)
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David B. Culberson
David Browning Culberson (September 29, 1830 – May 7, 1900) was a Confederate soldier, a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
Early years
Culberson was born in Troup County, Georgia, on Se ...
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Joseph W. Bailey
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr. (October 6, 1862April 13, 1929), was a United States senator, United States Representative, lawyer, and Bourbon Democrat who was famous for his speeches extolling conservative causes, such as opposition to woman suffrag ...
(D)
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Joseph Abbott (D)
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William H. Crain
William Henry Crain (November 25, 1848 – February 10, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Born in Galveston, Texas, Crain attended the Christian Brothers' School, New York City, until the age of fourteen, and graduated from St. F ...
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Littleton W. Moore
Littleton Wilde Moore (March 25, 1835 – October 29, 1911) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Texas.
Biography
Born in Marion County, Alabama, Moore moved to Mississippi in 1836.
He graduated from the Unive ...
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Roger Q. Mills
Roger Quarles Mills (March 30, 1832September 2, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician. During the American Civil War, he served as an officer in the Confederate States Army. Later, he served in the US Congress, first as a representative a ...
(D), until March 29, 1892
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Edwin Le Roy Antony (D), from June 14, 1892
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Joseph D. Sayers
Joseph Draper Sayers (September 23, 1841 – May 15, 1929) was the 22nd Governor of Texas from 1899 to 1903. During Sayers's term, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 demolished that city.
Early years
Joseph Sayers was born September 23, 1841 ...
(D)
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Samuel W. T. Lanham (D)
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
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H. Henry Powers (R)
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William W. Grout
William Wallace Grout (May 24, 1836October 7, 1902) was an American politician and lawyer. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont.
Biography
Grout was born in Compton in Lower Canada (now Quebec), the son of Josiah and Sophronia (Aye ...
(R)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
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William A. Jones (D)
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John W. Lawson (D)
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George D. Wise (D)
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James F. Epes (D)
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Posey G. Lester (D)
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Paul C. Edmunds (D)
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Charles T. O'Ferrall (D)
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William H. F. Lee (D), until October 15, 1891
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Elisha E. Meredith
Elisha Edward Meredith (December 26, 1848 – July 29, 1900) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Biography
Born in Sumter County, Alabama, Meredith attended Hampden–Sydney College, Virginia.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar ...
(D), from December 9, 1891
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John A. Buchanan
John Alexander Buchanan (October 7, 1843 – September 2, 1921) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia and a judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Biography
Buchanan was born in Smyth County, Virginia. He re ...
(D)
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Henry St. George Tucker III
Henry St. George Tucker III (April 5, 1853 – July 23, 1932) was a representative from the Commonwealth of Virginia to the United States House of Representatives, professor of law, and president of the American Bar Association.
Early and fami ...
(D)
Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
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John L. Wilson (R)
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...
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John O. Pendleton
John Overton Pendleton (July 4, 1851 – December 24, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from West Virginia.
Biography
Pendleton was born in Wellsburg, West Virginia (then part of Virginia), the son of Confederate veteran Joseph H. Pendleton and Mar ...
(D)
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William L. Wilson (D)
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John D. Alderson (D)
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James Capehart (D)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
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Clinton Babbitt
Clinton Babbitt (November 16, 1831March 11, 1907) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, Babbitt attended the common schools and was graduated from Keene (New Hampshire) Academy. He moved to Wisconsin ...
(D)
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Charles Barwig
Charles Barwig (March 19, 1837February 15, 1912) was a German American immigrant, businessman, and Democratic politician. He served three terms in the United States House of Representatives, representing the east-central part of Wisconsin.
B ...
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Allen R. Bushnell (D)
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John L. Mitchell (D), until March 3, 1893
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George H. Brickner (D)
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Lucas M. Miller (D)
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Frank P. Coburn (D)
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Nils P. Haugen
Nils Pederson Haugen (March 9, 1849April 23, 1931) was a Norwegian American immigrant, lawyer, and politician. He served four terms in the United States House of Representatives, representing western Wisconsin. He was a leading member of the Pr ...
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Thomas Lynch (D)
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...
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Clarence D. Clark
Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York. He participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was that state's first congressman. He served as ...
(R)
Non-voting members
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Marcus A. Smith (D)
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Antonio Joseph (D)
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David A. Harvey (R)
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John T. Caine (D)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.
Senate
* Replacements: 7
**
Democratic: no net change
**
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
: no net change
** Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
* Deaths: 4
* Resignations: 5
* Interim appointments: 1
*Total seats with changes: 10
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California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
(1)
, Vacant
, style="font-size:80%" ,
George Hearst
George Hearst (September 3, 1820 – February 28, 1891) was an American businessman, miner, and politician. After growing up on a small farm in Missouri, he founded many mining operations, and is known for developing and expanding the Hom ...
died during previous congress.
Successor was elected.
, nowrap ,
Charles N. Felton (R)
, March 19, 1891
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Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
(3)
, Vacant
, style="font-size:80%" ,
Ephraim K. Wilson died during previous congress.
Successor was appointed and subsequently elected (January 21, 1892).
, nowrap ,
Charles H. Gibson (D)
, November 19, 1891
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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
* '' ...
(3)
, Vacant
, style="font-size:80%" , Chose to finish his term as
Governor of New York
The governor of New York is the head of government of the U.S. state of New York. The governor is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has ...
before being installed as
U.S. Senator
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and powe ...
.
, nowrap ,
David B. Hill
David Bennett Hill (August 29, 1843October 20, 1910) was an American politician from New York who was the 29th Governor of New York from 1885 to 1891 and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1892 to 1897.
In 1892, he made an u ...
(D)
, January 17, 1892
, -
,
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
(3)
, Vacant
, style="font-size:80%" , Legislature had failed to elect.
Incumbent was elected late.
, nowrap ,
Wilkinson Call
Wilkinson Call (January 9, 1834August 24, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1879 to 1897.
Biography
Wilkinson Call, nephew of Territorial Governor of Florida Richard K. Call a ...
(D)
, May 26, 1891
, -
,
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
(1)
, nowrap ,
John H. Reagan (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned June 10, 1891.
Successor was appointed.
, nowrap ,
Horace Chilton (D)
, June 10, 1891
, -
,
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
(1)
, nowrap ,
George F. Edmunds
George Franklin Edmunds (February 1, 1828February 27, 1919) was a Republican U.S. Senator from Vermont. Before entering the U.S. Senate, he served in a number of high-profile positions, including Speaker of the Vermont House of Representative ...
(R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 1, 1891.
Successor was appointed and subsequently elected (October 19, 1892).
, nowrap ,
Redfield Proctor
Redfield Proctor (June 1, 1831March 4, 1908) was a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. He served as the 37th governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880, as Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891, and as a United States Senator for Vermont from 189 ...
(R)
, November 2, 1891
, -
,
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
Preston B. Plumb
Preston Bierce Plumb (October 12, 1837December 20, 1891) was a United States senator from Kansas, as well as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
Born in Delaware County, Ohio, at 9 his family removed to Marysv ...
(R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died December 20, 1891.
Successor was appointed.
, nowrap ,
Bishop W. Perkins
Bishop Walden Perkins (October 18, 1841June 20, 1894) was a United States representative and United States Senate, Senator from Kansas. Born in Rochester, Ohio, he attended the common schools and Knox College (Illinois), Knox College (Galesburg, ...
(R)
, January 1, 1892
, -
,
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
(1)
, nowrap ,
Horace Chilton (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Successor was elected March 22, 1892.
, nowrap ,
Roger Q. Mills
Roger Quarles Mills (March 30, 1832September 2, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician. During the American Civil War, he served as an officer in the Confederate States Army. Later, he served in the US Congress, first as a representative a ...
(D)
, March 29, 1892
, -
,
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
John S. Barbour Jr. (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died May 14, 1892.
Successor was appointed and subsequently elected (December 20, 1893).
, nowrap ,
Eppa Hunton
Eppa Hunton II (September 24, 1822October 11, 1908) was a Virginia lawyer and soldier who rose to become a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he served as a Democrat in both the United States ...
(D)
, May 28, 1892
, -
,
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
Randall L. Gibson (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died December 15, 1892.
Successor was appointed and subsequently elected (May 23, 1894).
, nowrap ,
Donelson Caffery
Donelson Caffery (September 10, 1835December 30, 1906) was an American politician from the state of Louisiana, a soldier in the American Civil War, and a sugar plantation owner.
Biography
Caffery was born in Franklin, Louisiana, the seat of S ...
(D)
, December 31, 1892
, -
,
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
John E. Kenna
John Edward Kenna (April 10, 1848January 11, 1893) was an American politician who was a Senator from West Virginia from 1883 until his death.
Biography
Kenna was born in Kanawha County, Virginia (now West Virginia, near the city of St. Albans) ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died January 11, 1893.
Successor was elected.
, nowrap ,
Johnson N. Camden
Johnson Newlon Camden (March 6, 1828 – April 25, 1908) was a prominent oilman, industrialist, banker, railroad tycoon, and politician who was estimated to have $25 million at the time of his unexpected death. Although both of his attempts to b ...
(D)
, January 25, 1893
, -
,
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
John G. Carlisle (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned February 4, 1893, after being appointed
United States Secretary of the Treasury
The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...
.
Successor was elected.
, nowrap ,
William Lindsay (D)
, February 15, 1893
House of Representatives
* replacements: 15
**
Democratic: 1-seat net loss
**
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
: 1-seat net gain
* Deaths: 10
* Resignations: 8
* Contested election: 1
* Total seats with changes: 18
Committees
Senate
*
Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman:
Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member:
Nathan F. Dixon)
*
Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:
Algernon S. Paddock
Algernon Sidney Paddock (November 9, 1830October 17, 1897) was an American politician who was a Republican secretary of Nebraska Territory and U.S. Senator from Nebraska after statehood.
Biography
Paddock was born in Glens Falls, New York. His f ...
; Ranking Member:
James Z. George
James Zachariah George (October 20, 1826August 14, 1897) was an American lawyer, writer, U.S. politician, Confederate politician, and military officer. He was known as Mississippi's "Great Commoner". He was also a slave owner.
Biography
James ...
)
*
Appropriations (Chairman:
William B. Allison
William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 – August 4, 1908) was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in th ...
; Ranking Member:
Francis M. Cockrell
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 ...
)
*
Armed Strikebreakers (Select)
*
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:
John P. Jones; Ranking Member:
Zebulon B. Vance)
*
Canadian Relations (Chairman:
John B. Allen
John Beard Allen (May 18, 1845January 28, 1903) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Washington from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the United States represent ...
; Ranking Member:
James L. Pugh
James Lawrence Pugh (December 12, 1820March 9, 1907) was a U.S. senator from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Pugh was born in Burke County, Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 18 ...
)
*
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
(Chairman:
Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for n ...
; Ranking Member:
James 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 ...
)
*
Cherokee Nation's Complaints of Invasion in their Territory (Select) (Chairman:
Bishop W. Perkins
Bishop Walden Perkins (October 18, 1841June 20, 1894) was a United States representative and United States Senate, Senator from Kansas. Born in Rochester, Ohio, he attended the common schools and Knox College (Illinois), Knox College (Galesburg, ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman:
Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member:
Edward C. Walthall
Edward Cary Walthall (April 4, 1831April 21, 1898) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Mississippi.
Early life
Edward C. Walthall was born in Richmond, Virgi ...
)
*
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:
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:
Samuel Pasco
Samuel Pasco (June 28, 1834March 13, 1917) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Florida.
Biography
Pasco was born in London, England, to a family of Cornish ancestry. His family moved to Prince Edward Island in 1841 befo ...
)
*
Coast Defenses (Chairman:
Watson C. Squire
Watson Carvosso Squire (May 18, 1838June 7, 1926) was an American Civil War veteran, twelfth governor of Washington Territory, and United States Senator from the state of Washington.
Biography
Born in Cape Vincent, New York, Squire attended the p ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Commerce
Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...
(Chairman:
William P. Frye
William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...
; Ranking Member:
Isham G. Harris)
*
Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Select) (Chairman:
Arthur P. Gorman; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
*
District of Columbia
)
, image_skyline =
, image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
(Chairman:
James McMillan James (or Jim or Jimmy) McMillan or MacMillan may refer to:
Sportspeople
* James McMillan (footballer, born c. 1866) (c. 1866–?), played for Sunderland
* James McMillan (footballer, born 1869) (1869–1937), played for Scotland,Everton and St ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Education and Labor (Chairman:
Joseph M. Carey
Joseph Maull Carey (January 19, 1845February 5, 1924) was an American lawyer, rancher, judge, and politician, who was active in Wyoming
Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by ...
; Ranking Member:
James Z. George
James Zachariah George (October 20, 1826August 14, 1897) was an American lawyer, writer, U.S. politician, Confederate politician, and military officer. He was known as Mississippi's "Great Commoner". He was also a slave owner.
Biography
James ...
)
*
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:
Francis E. Warren)
*
Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
Wilbur F. Sanders
Wilbur Fisk Sanders (May 2, 1834 – July 7, 1905) was a United States senator from Montana. A leading pioneer and a skilled lawyer, Sanders played a prominent role in the development of Montana Territory and the state's early political hi ...
; Ranking Member:
Alfred H. Colquitt
Alfred Holt Colquitt (April 20, 1824March 26, 1894) was an American lawyer, preacher, soldier, and politician. Elected as the List of Governors of Georgia, 49th Governor of Georgia (1877–1882), he was one of numerous Democrats elected to offi ...
)
*
Epidemic Diseases (Chairman:
Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member:
Francis B. Stockbridge
Francis Brown Stockbridge (April 9, 1826April 30, 1894) was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
Stockbridge was born in Bath, Maine, the son of a physician, Dr. John Stockbridge, and attended the common schools there. He clerked at a who ...
)
*
Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman:
Redfield Proctor
Redfield Proctor (June 1, 1831March 4, 1908) was a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. He served as the 37th governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880, as Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891, and as a United States Senator for Vermont from 189 ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Thomas C. Power; Ranking Member:
George Gray)
*
Failed National Banks (Select) (Chairman:
William E. Chandler
William Eaton Chandler (December 28, 1835November 30, 1917), also known as Bill Chandler, was a lawyer who served as United States Secretary of the Navy and as a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. In the 1880s, he was a member of the Republican "H ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
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:
Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member:
Daniel W. Voorhees)
*
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:
Francis B. Stockbridge
Francis Brown Stockbridge (April 9, 1826April 30, 1894) was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
Stockbridge was born in Bath, Maine, the son of a physician, Dr. John Stockbridge, and attended the common schools there. He clerked at a who ...
; Ranking Member:
Rufus Blodgett)
*
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman:
Matthew C. Butler
Matthew Calbraith Butler (March 8, 1836April 14, 1909) was a Confederate soldier, an American military commander and attorney and politician from South Carolina. He served as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American ...
; Ranking Member:
J. Donald Cameron
James Donald Cameron (May 14, 1833 – August 30, 1918) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and in the United States Senate for nearly twenty years. In May, 1876 Cameron was ...
)
*
Foreign Relations
A state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterally or through mu ...
(Chairman:
John Sherman
John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He also served as ...
; Ranking Member:
John Tyler Morgan
John Tyler Morgan (June 20, 1824 – June 11, 1907) was an American politician was served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and later was elected for six terms as the U.S. Senator (1877–1907) ...
)
*
Forest Reservations in California (Select) (Chairman:
Charles N. Felton)
*
Geological Survey
A geological survey is the systematic investigation of the geology beneath a given piece of ground for the purpose of creating a geological map or model. Geological surveying employs techniques from the traditional walk-over survey, studying outc ...
(Select) (Chairman:
Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Immigration
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...
(Chairman:
William E. Chandler
William Eaton Chandler (December 28, 1835November 30, 1917), also known as Bill Chandler, was a lawyer who served as United States Secretary of the Navy and as a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. In the 1880s, he was a member of the Republican "H ...
; Ranking Member:
Daniel W. Voorhees)
*
Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to American Indians and Al ...
(Chairman:
Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member:
George L. Shoup)
*
Interstate Commerce
The Commerce Clause describes an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution ( Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and amo ...
(Chairman:
Shelby M. Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom (November 22, 1829 – January 28, 1914) was a U.S. political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois.
Life and ca ...
; Ranking Member:
Isham G. Harris)
*
Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Select) (Chairman:
Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member:
James K. Jones)
*
Judiciary
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(Chairman:
George F. Hoar
George Frisbie Hoar (August 29, 1826 – September 30, 1904) was an American attorney and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1877 to 1904. He belonged to an extended family that became politically prominen ...
; Ranking Member:
James L. Pugh
James Lawrence Pugh (December 12, 1820March 9, 1907) was a U.S. senator from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Pugh was born in Burke County, Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 18 ...
)
*
Library
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(Chairman:
Matthew S. Quay
Matthew Stanley "Matt" Quay (September 30, 1833May 28, 1904) was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1887 until 1899 and from 1901 until his death in 1904. Quay's control o ...
; Ranking Member:
Daniel W. Voorhees)
*
Manufactures
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(Chairman:
Anthony Higgins; Ranking Member:
Rufus Blodgett)
*
Military Affairs
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(Chairman:
Joseph R. Hawley
Joseph Roswell Hawley (October 31, 1826March 18, 1905) was the 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a U.S. politician in the Republican and Free Soil parties, a Civil War general, and a journalist and newspaper editor. He served two terms in the U ...
; 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 ...
)
*
Mines and Mining (Chairman:
J. Donald Cameron
James Donald Cameron (May 14, 1833 – August 30, 1918) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and in the United States Senate for nearly twenty years. In May, 1876 Cameron was ...
; 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 ...
)
*
Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman:
William D. Washburn; Ranking Member:
Edward C. Walthall
Edward Cary Walthall (April 4, 1831April 21, 1898) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Mississippi.
Early life
Edward C. Walthall was born in Richmond, Virgi ...
)
*
Naval Affairs (Chairman:
J. Donald Cameron
James Donald Cameron (May 14, 1833 – August 30, 1918) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and in the United States Senate for nearly twenty years. In May, 1876 Cameron was ...
; Ranking Member:
John R. McPherson)
*
Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman:
John Tyler Morgan
John Tyler Morgan (June 20, 1824 – June 11, 1907) was an American politician was served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and later was elected for six terms as the U.S. Senator (1877–1907) ...
; Ranking Member:
William M. Stewart
William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
Personal
Stewart was born in Wayne Count ...
)
*
Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman:
Frank Hiscock
Frank Hiscock (September 6, 1834June 18, 1914) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from New York. He served in the United States Congress from 1877 to 1893.
Hiscock was a native of Pompey, New York, and graduated from Pompey Academy. Af ...
; 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 ...
)
*
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:
Nathan F. Dixon; Ranking Member:
George Gray)
*
Pensions
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(Chairman:
Cushman K. Davis
Cushman Kellogg Davis (June 16, 1838November 27, 1900) was an American Republican politician who served as the seventh Governor of Minnesota and as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota.
Early life and American Civil War
Davis was born in Henderson, Ne ...
; Ranking Member:
David Turpie
David Battle Turpie (July 8, 1828 – April 21, 1909) was an American politician who served as a Senator from Indiana from 1887 until 1899; he also served as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 1898 to 1899 during the last year of his ...
)
*
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Philetus Sawyer
Philetus Sawyer (September 22, 1816March 29, 1900) was a United States senator from Wisconsin for twelve years (1881–1893). He also represented Wisconsin for ten years in the United States House of Representatives (1865–1875), and he ...
; Ranking Member:
Alfred H. Colquitt
Alfred Holt Colquitt (April 20, 1824March 26, 1894) was an American lawyer, preacher, soldier, and politician. Elected as the List of Governors of Georgia, 49th Governor of Georgia (1877–1882), he was one of numerous Democrats elected to offi ...
)
*
Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman:
John R. McPherson; Ranking Member:
Philetus Sawyer
Philetus Sawyer (September 22, 1816March 29, 1900) was a United States senator from Wisconsin for twelve years (1881–1893). He also represented Wisconsin for ten years in the United States House of Representatives (1865–1875), and he ...
)
*
Printing
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(Chairman:
Charles F. Manderson; Ranking Member:
Arthur P. Gorman)
*
Private Land Claims (Chairman:
Matt W. Ransom; Ranking Member:
Henry M. Teller)
*
Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member:
Zebulon B. Vance)
*
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Leland Stanford
Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824June 21, 1893) was an American industrialist and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 8th governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented California in the United States Se ...
; Ranking Member:
George G. Vest)
*
Public Lands
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(Chairman:
Joseph N. Dolph; Ranking Member:
John T. Morgan)
*
Quadrocentennial (Select) (Chairman:
Richard F. Pettigrew
Richard Franklin Pettigrew (July 23, 1848October 5, 1926) was an American lawyer, surveyor, and land developer. He represented the Dakota Territory in the U.S. Congress and, after the Dakotas were admitted as States, he was the first U.S. Senato ...
; Ranking Member:
Alfred H. Colquitt
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)
*
Railroads
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(Chairman:
Lyman R. Casey
Lyman Rufus Casey Jr. (May 6, 1837January 26, 1914) was a United States senator from North Dakota.
Early life
On May 6, 1837, Casey was born as Lyman Rufus Casey Jr. in York, New York.
In 1853, Casey moved with his parents to Ypsilanti, Mich ...
; Ranking Member:
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn
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Biog ...
)
*
Revision of the Laws (Chairman:
James F. Wilson; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel)
*
Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
Richard Coke
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; Ranking Member:
J. Donald Cameron
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)
*
Rules
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Education
* Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), a university in Cambodia
Human activity
* The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power
* Business rule, a rule pert ...
(Chairman:
Nelson W. Aldrich
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; Ranking Member:
Isham G. Harris)
*
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 a ...
(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:
James K. Jones)
*
Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman:
George G. Vest; Ranking Member:
Lyman R. Casey
Lyman Rufus Casey Jr. (May 6, 1837January 26, 1914) was a United States senator from North Dakota.
Early life
On May 6, 1837, Casey was born as Lyman Rufus Casey Jr. in York, New York.
In 1853, Casey moved with his parents to Ypsilanti, Mich ...
)
*
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman:
John B. Allen
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; Ranking Member:
Randall L. Gibson then
James Z. George
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Biography
James ...
)
*
Whole
*
Woman Suffrage
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(Select) (Chairman:
Zebulon B. Vance; Ranking Member:
John B. Allen
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)
House of Representatives
*
Accounts (Chairman:
Harry Welles Rusk; Ranking Member:
Albert J. Pearson)
*
Agriculture
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(Chairman:
William H. Hatch; Ranking Member:
Charles L. Moses
Charles Leavell Moses (May 2, 1856 – October 10, 1913) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia.
Born near Turin, Georgia, Moses attended small country schools and ultimately ...
)
*
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select)
*
Appropriations (Chairman:
William S. Holman; Ranking Member:
Joseph H. O'Neil
Joseph Henry O'Neil (March 23, 1853 – February 19, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, O'Neil moved with his parents to Boston in 1854.
He attended the common schools.
He graduated fr ...
)
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Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Henry Bacon
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Education and early career
Henr ...
; Ranking Member:
Seth W. Cobb)
*
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:
Benjamin H. Bunn; Ranking Member:
Isaac N. Cox)
*
Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
Richard P. Bland
Richard Parks Bland (August 19, 1835 – June 15, 1899) was an American politician, lawyer, and educator from Missouri. A Democrat, Bland served in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1899,
representing ...
; Ranking Member:
George F. Williams)
*
Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman:
William E. Haynes; Ranking Member:
Thomas Bowman)
*
District of Columbia
)
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(Chairman:
John J. Hemphill; Ranking Member:
Cornelius A. Cadmus)
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Education
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(Chairman:
Benjamin A. Enloe; Ranking Member:
Edwin Hallowell
Edwin Hallowell (April 2, 1844 – September 13, 1916) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Edwin Hallowell was born near Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools. He enga ...
)
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Elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...
(Chairman:
Charles T. O'Ferrall; Ranking Member:
George Johnstone)
*
Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
Owen Scott
Owen Scott (July 6, 1848 – December 21, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born on a farm in Jackson Township, Illinois, Scott attended the common schools, a private school in Kinmundy and the State normal school in Normal, Illin ...
; Ranking Member:
John A. Pickler)
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Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman:
Paul C. Edmunds; Ranking Member:
Kittel Halvorson
Kittel Halvorson (December 15, 1846 – July 12, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Biography
Kittel Halvorson was born near Tuddal in Hjartdal, Hjartdal parish, Telemark, Norway. In 1848, he immigrated to the United States with ...
)
*
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman:
James W. Owens
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; Ranking Member:
William W. Grout
William Wallace Grout (May 24, 1836October 7, 1902) was an American politician and lawyer. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont.
Biography
Grout was born in Compton in Lower Canada (now Quebec), the son of Josiah and Sophronia (Aye ...
)
*
Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman:
John M. Allen; Ranking Member:
Ezra B. Taylor)
*
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
Charles A.O. McClellan; Ranking Member:
George W. Ray)
*
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
William C. Oates
William Calvin Oates (either November 30 or December 1, 1835September 9, 1910) was a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, the 29th Governor of Alabama from 1894 to 1896, and a brigadier general in the U.S. Arm ...
; Ranking Member:
James S. Gorman)
*
Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:
Rufus E. Lester; Ranking Member:
John Sanford)
*
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
George H. Brickner; Ranking Member:
William A. Stone)
*
Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:
Alexander B. Montgomery
Alexander Brooks Montgomery (December 11, 1837 – December 27, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born near Tip Top, Kentucky, Montgomery attended the common and private schools. He was graduated from Georgetown (Kentucky) Colle ...
; Ranking Member:
Robert R. Hitt
Robert Roberts Hitt (January 16, 1834 – September 20, 1906) was an American diplomat and Republican politician from Illinois. He served briefly as assistant secretary of state in the short-lived administration of James A. Garfield but r ...
)
*
Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman:
Henry M. Youmans; Ranking Member:
John H. Ketcham)
*
Foreign Affairs
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(Chairman:
James H. Blount; Ranking Member:
Isidor Rayner)
*
Indian Affairs
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(Chairman:
Samuel W. Peel
Samuel West Peel (September 13, 1831 – December 18, 1924) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1893.
Early life and education
Peel was born near ...
; Ranking Member:
Benjamin H. Clover)
*
Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman:
George D. Wise; Ranking Member:
Asher G. Caruth
Asher Graham Caruth (February 7, 1844 – November 25, 1907) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Early life and family
Asher G. Caruth was born in Scottsville, Kentucky, on February 7, 1844."Caruth, Asher Graham". ''Biographical Directory o ...
)
*
Invalid Pensions (Chairman:
Augustus N. Martin
Augustus Newton Martin (March 23, 1847 – July 11, 1901) was an American lawyer, educator, and veteran of the American Civil War, Civil War who served three terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana fro ...
; Ranking Member:
Edward F. McDonald then
Walter H. Butler)
*
Judiciary
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(Chairman:
David B. Culberson
David Browning Culberson (September 29, 1830 – May 7, 1900) was a Confederate soldier, a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
Early years
Culberson was born in Troup County, Georgia, on Se ...
; Ranking Member:
Fernando C. Layton)
*
Labor
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the la ...
(Chairman:
John C. Tarsney; Ranking Member:
John W. Causey)
*
Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman:
Samuel M. 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 Institute ...
; Ranking Member:
William McAleer
William McAleer (January 6, 1838April 19, 1912) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1891 to 1895 and from 1897 t ...
)
*
Manufactures
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a rang ...
(Chairman:
Charles H. Page; Ranking Member:
Archibald H.A. Williams)
*
Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman:
Samuel Fowler; Ranking Member:
Herman Stump)
*
Mileage (Chairman:
James N. Castle; Ranking Member:
John A. Caldwell
John Alexander Caldwell (April 21, 1852 – May 24, 1927) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1889 to 1894. He also served as the 25th lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1900 to 1902.
Biography
Born in ...
)
*
Military Affairs
''The Journal of Military History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the military history of all times and places. It is the official journal of the Society for Military History. The journal was established in 1937 and the ed ...
(Chairman:
Joseph H. Outhwaite; Ranking Member:
Edward F. McDonald then
John C. Crosby)
*
Militia
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(Chairman:
Edward Lane; Ranking Member:
Alexander K. Craig)
*
Mines and Mining (Chairman:
William H. H. Cowles; Ranking Member:
Thomas Bowman)
*
Naval Affairs (Chairman:
Hilary A. Herbert; Ranking Member:
William McAleer
William McAleer (January 6, 1838April 19, 1912) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1891 to 1895 and from 1897 t ...
)
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Pacific Railroads (Chairman:
James B. Reilly; Ranking Member:
Frederick S. Coolidge)
*
Patents
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(Chairman:
George D. Tillman; Ranking Member:
John T. Hamilton)
*
Pensions
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(Chairman:
Robert P.C. Wilson
Robert Patterson Clark Wilson (August 8, 1834 – December 21, 1916) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born in Boonville, Missouri, Wilson moved with his parents to Platte County.
He attended Will ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles L. Moses
Charles Leavell Moses (May 2, 1856 – October 10, 1913) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia.
Born near Turin, Georgia, Moses attended small country schools and ultimately ...
)
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Printing
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(Chairman:
James D. Richardson; Ranking Member:
Case Broderick)
*
Private Land Claims (Chairman:
Ashbel P. Fitch; Ranking Member:
William T. Crawford
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He attended the public schools and Waynesville Academy.
From 1884-1888 ...
)
*
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
John S. Henderson; Ranking Member:
John C. Crosby)
*
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member:
John De Witt Warner
John DeWitt Warner (October 30, 1851 – May 27, 1925) served as a U.S. Representative for parts of Manhattan, including Midtown, Hell's Kitchen, and Chelsea, from 1891–95.
Early life and education
Born on a farm near Reading, New York, Warn ...
)
*
Public Lands
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(Chairman:
Thomas C. McRae; Ranking Member:
Darius D. Hare)
*
Railways and Canals (Chairman:
Thomas C. Catchings; Ranking Member:
Kittel Halvorson
Kittel Halvorson (December 15, 1846 – July 12, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Biography
Kittel Halvorson was born near Tuddal in Hjartdal, Hjartdal parish, Telemark, Norway. In 1848, he immigrated to the United States with ...
)
*
Revision of Laws (Chairman:
William T. Ellis; Ranking Member:
Lemuel Amerman
Lemuel Amerman (October 29, 1846 – October 7, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1893.
Life and career
Lemuel Amerman w ...
)
*
Rivers and Harbors (Chairman:
Newton C. Blanchard
Newton Crain Blanchard (January 29, 1849 – June 22, 1922) was a United States representative, U.S. senator, and the 33rd governor of Louisiana.
Personal life
Born in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana, he completed academic studies, ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles H. Page)
*
Rules
Rule or ruling may refer to:
Education
* Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), a university in Cambodia
Human activity
* The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power
* Business rule, a rule pert ...
(Chairman:
Charles F. Crisp
Charles Frederick Crisp (January 29, 1845 – October 23, 1896) was a United States political figure. A Democrat, he was elected as a congressman from Georgia in 1882, and served until his death in 1896. From 1890 until his death, he led the De ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas B. Reed)
*
Standards of Official Conduct
*
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 a ...
(Chairman:
Joseph E. Washington; Ranking Member:
Dennis D. Donovan)
*
War Claims (Chairman:
Frank E. Beltzhoover; Ranking Member:
George W. Shell)
*
Ways and Means (Chairman:
William M. Springer; Ranking Member:
Moses T. Stevens)
*
Whole
Joint committees
*
Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
*
Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
*
The Library
*
Printing
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Caucuses
*
Democratic (House)
*
Democratic (Senate)
Employees
Legislative branch agency directors
*
Architect of the Capitol
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:
Edward Clark
*
Librarian of Congress:
Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Ainsworth Rand Spofford (September 12, 1825 – August 11, 1908) was an American journalist, prolific writer and the sixth Librarian of Congress. He served as librarian from 1864 to 1897 under the administration of ten presidents. A great admir ...
*
Public Printer of the United States
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:
Francis W. Palmer
Senate
*
Chaplain
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:
John G. Butler (
Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...
)
*
Secretary
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: Anson G. McCook
* United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Alonzo M. Church
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Edward K. Valentine
House of Representatives
* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Edward McPherson, until December 8, 1891
** James Kerr (Pennsylvania politician), James Kerr, from December 8, 1891
* Clerk at the Speaker’s Table of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Charles R. Crisp
* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: William H. Milburn (Methodism, Methodist)
* Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Charles Henry Turner (1861-1913), Charles H. Turner, elected December 8, 1891
* Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: John A. Reeve (D) and James C. Broadwell (R)
* Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: James W. Hathaway
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Adoniram J. Holmes, until December 8, 1891
** Samuel S. Yoder, from December 8, 1891
See also
* 1890 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
** 1890 United States Senate elections
** 1890 United States House of Representatives elections
** 1891 United States House of Representatives elections
* 1892 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** 1892 United States presidential election
** 1892 United States Senate elections
** 1892 United States House of Representatives elections
Notes
References
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External links
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress*
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