The 53rd 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, 1893, to March 4, 1895, during the first two years of
Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American ...
's second
presidency
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. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives
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was based on the
Eleventh Census of the United States in 1890.
The
Democrats maintained their majority in the House (albeit reduced) and won back control of the Senate. With Grover Cleveland being sworn in on March 4, 1895 for his second stint as
President
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*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
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, this also gave the Democrats an overall federal government
trifecta
Trifecta
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for the first time since the establishment of the Republican Party in 1854.
Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
*
President
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:
Adlai Stevenson (D)
*
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 (D)
**
Isham G. Harris
Isham Green Harris (February 10, 1818July 8, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee. ...
(D), elected March 22, 1893
**
Matt Whitaker Ransom
Matthew Whitaker Ransom (October 8, 1826October 8, 1904) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1872 and 1895.
Early life and antebellum ...
(D), elected January 7, 1895
**
Isham G. Harris
Isham Green Harris (February 10, 1818July 8, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee. ...
(D), elected January 10, 1895
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Arthur P. Gorman
*
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 ...
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
Speaker may refer to:
Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
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** I ...
:
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 (R)
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
William S. Holman
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Charles James Faulkner
Charles James Faulkner (September 21, 1847January 13, 1929) was a United States senator from West Virginia.
Early life
Born on the family estate, "Boydville," near Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia). His father was Charles James Faulk ...
*
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
*
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Joseph W. Babcock
Major events
* March 4, 1893:
Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American ...
became
President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...
for a second time.
* May 5, 1893:
Panic of 1893
The Panic of 1893 was an economic depression in the United States that began in 1893 and ended in 1897. It deeply affected every sector of the economy, and produced political upheaval that led to the political realignment of 1896 and the pres ...
: A crash on the
New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed c ...
started a depression.
* November 7, 1893: Colorado
women were granted the right to vote
* May 1, 1894:
Coxey's Army
Coxey's Army was a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey. They marched on Washington, D.C. in 1894, the second year of a four-year economic depression that was the worst in United Sta ...
, the first significant American protest march, arrived in Washington, D.C.
Major legislation
* July 16, 1894:
Utah Enabling Act
* August 27, 1894:
Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act
The Revenue Act or Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 1894 (ch. 349, §73, , August 27, 1894) slightly reduced the United States tariff rates from the numbers set in the 1890 McKinley tariff and imposed a 2% tax on income over $4,000. It is named for Wi ...
* February 18, 1895:
Maguire Act of 1895
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Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and Members of the House are listed by district.
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Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are
Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing
re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, facing
re-election in 1894; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing
re-election in 1896.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
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: 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.
Stephen M. White (D)
: 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), until June 21, 1893
::
George C. Perkins (R), from July 26, 1893
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
Edward Oliver Wolcott (March 26, 1848 – March 1, 1905) was an American politician during the 1890s, who served for 12 years as a Senator from the state of Colorado.
Early life
Wolcott was born on March 26, 1848 in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. H ...
(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)
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), until March 26, 1894
::
Patrick Walsh (D), from April 2, 1894
: 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
Fred Thomas Dubois (May 29, 1851February 14, 1930) was a controversial American politician from Idaho who served two terms in the United States Senate. He was best known for his opposition to the gold standard and his efforts to Disfranchisement ...
(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.
John Martin (D)
: 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.
William Lindsay (D)
: 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.
Donelson Caffery
Donelson Caffery (September 10, 1835December 30, 1906) was an American politician from the state of Louisiana, a soldier in the American Civil War, and a sugar plantation owner.
Biography
Caffery was born in Franklin, Louisiana, the seat of S ...
(D)
: 3.
Edward D. White (D), until March 12, 1894
::
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, ...
(D), from March 12, 1894
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)
: 1.
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign policy. ...
(R)
: 2.
George F. Hoar
George Frisbie Hoar (August 29, 1826 – September 30, 1904) was an American attorney and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1877 to 1904. He belonged to an extended family that became politically prominen ...
(R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
: 1.
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), until April 30, 1894
::
John Patton Jr. (R), from May 5, 1894, until January 14, 1895
::
Julius C. Burrows (R), from January 24, 1895
: 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), until January 24, 1894
::
Anselm J. McLaurin (D), from February 7, 1894
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
: 1.
Francis M. Cockrell
Francis Marion Cockrell (October 1, 1834December 13, 1915) was a Confederate military commander and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States senator from Missouri for five terms. He was a prominent member o ...
(D)
: 3.
George G. Vest (D)
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
: 1.
Lee Mantle
Lee Mantle (December 13, 1851November 18, 1934) was an American businessman and politician from Montana. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a United States Senator from 1895 to 1899.
Mantle was born in Birmingham, England on ...
(R), from January 16, 1895
: 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.
William V. Allen (P)
: 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 ...
(S)
: 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.
James Smith Jr.
James Smith Jr. (June 12, 1851April 1, 1927) was a newspaper publisher and U.S. Senator from New Jersey. A leader of the Irish Catholic community, he was the Democratic party boss who sponsored Woodrow Wilson to the governorship in 1910.
Bio ...
(D)
: 2.
John R. McPherson (D)
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
: 1.
Edward Murphy Jr.
Edward Murphy Jr. (December 15, 1836August 3, 1911) was a businessman and politician from Troy, New York. A Democrat, he served as mayor of Troy, New York (1875–1883), chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee (1888–1894), and a ...
(D)
: 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)
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), until April 14, 1894
::
Thomas J. Jarvis
Thomas Jordan Jarvis (January 18, 1836June 17, 1915) was the 44th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1879 to 1885. Jarvis later served as a U.S. Senator from 1894 to 1895, and helped establish East Carolina Teachers Training Scho ...
(D), from April 19, 1894, until January 23, 1895
::
Jeter C. Pritchard (R), from January 23, 1895
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.
William N. Roach
William Nathaniel Roach (September 25, 1840September 7, 1902) was a United States senator from North Dakota.
Biography
Born in Washington, D.C., he attended the public schools, Gonzaga College High School and Georgetown University. He was a ...
(D)
: 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
Calvin Stewart Brice (September 17, 1845 – December 15, 1898) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Ohio. He is best remembered for his single term in the United States Senate, his role as chairman of the Democratic Natio ...
(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
Joseph Norton Dolph (October 19, 1835March 10, 1897) was an American politician and attorney in the state of Oregon. A native of the state of New York (state), New York, he immigrated to Oregon over the Oregon Trail and settled in Portland, Oreg ...
(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 ...
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Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the 1 ...
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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 = ...
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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 ...
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Richard F. Pettigrew
Richard Franklin Pettigrew (July 23, 1848October 5, 1926) was an American lawyer, surveyor, and land developer. He represented the Dakota Territory in the U.S. Congress and, after the Dakotas were admitted as States, he was the first U.S. Senato ...
(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 ...
(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 ...
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: 2.
Isham G. Harris
Isham Green Harris (February 10, 1818July 8, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee. ...
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Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
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Roger Q. Mills
Roger Quarles Mills (March 30, 1832September 2, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician. During the American Civil War, he served as an officer in the Confederate States Army. Later, he served in the US Congress, first as a representative a ...
(D)
: 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 ...
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Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
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Redfield Proctor
Redfield Proctor (June 1, 1831March 4, 1908) was a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. He served as the 37th governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880, as Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891, and as a United States Senator for Vermont from 189 ...
(R)
: 3.
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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Eppa Hunton, II (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), from February 19, 1895
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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 ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Charles J. Faulkner (D)
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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 ...
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
: 1.
John L. Mitchell (D)
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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 ...
: 1.
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), from January 23, 1895
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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
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
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Richard H. Clarke (D)
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Jesse F. Stallings
Jesse Francis Stallings (April 4, 1856 – March 18, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born near Manningham, Alabama, to Reuben Stallings and Lucinda Ferguson. Stallings completed preparatory studies and was graduated from the Uni ...
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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 ...
(D), until November 5, 1894
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George P. Harrison (D), from November 6, 1894
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Gaston A. Robbins
Gaston Ahi Robbins (September 26, 1858 – February 22, 1902) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, Robbins moved to Randolph County, North Carolina.
He attended Tr ...
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James E. Cobb (D)
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John H. Bankhead (D)
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William H. Denson (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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Louis W. Turpin (D)
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
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Philip D. McCulloch Jr.
Philip Doddridge McCulloch Jr. (June 23, 1851 – November 26, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, McCulloch moved with his parents to Trenton, Tennessee, where he attended private schools and And ...
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Clifton R. Breckinridge (D), until August 14, 1894
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John S. Little (D), from December 3, 1894
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Thomas C. McRae (D)
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William L. Terry (D)
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Hugh A. Dinsmore (D)
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Robert Neill (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 ...
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Thomas J. Geary (D)
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Anthony Caminetti (D)
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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 ...
(R), until April 4, 1894
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Warren B. English
Warren Barkley English (May 1, 1840 – January 9, 1913) was an American politician who served one year as a United States representative from California from 1894 to 1895.
Biography
Born in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia), he atte ...
(D), from April 4, 1894
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James G. Maguire
James George Maguire (February 22, 1853 – June 20, 1920) was an American politician and Georgist who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1893 to 1899.
Early life and education
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Ma ...
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Eugene F. Loud (R)
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Marion Cannon (P)
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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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Lafe Pence
Lafayette (Lafe) Pence (December 23, 1857 – October 22, 1923) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Colorado from 1893 to 1895.
Biography
Born in Co ...
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John C. Bell (P)
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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James P. Pigott (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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Charles M. Cooper (D)
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
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Rufus E. Lester (D)
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Benjamin E. Russell (D)
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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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Thomas B. Cabaniss (D)
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John W. Maddox (D)
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Thomas G. Lawson (D)
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Farish C. Tate
Farish Carter Tate (November 20, 1856 – February 7, 1922) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 9th congressional district from 1893 to 1905.he owned 355 s ...
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James C. C. Black
James Conquest Cross Black (May 9, 1842 – October 1, 1928) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Kentucky and Georgia.
Early life
Born in Stamping Ground, Kentucky, Black attended common schools as a child, attended high sc ...
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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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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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J. Frank Aldrich (R)
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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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Julius Goldzier (D)
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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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Robert A. Childs (R)
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Hamilton K. Wheeler (R)
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Philip S. Post (R), until January 6, 1895
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Benjamin F. Marsh
Benjamin Franklin Marsh (November 19, 1835 – June 2, 1905) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois in the late 19th century to early 20th century. He was also a lawyer, soldier, agriculture manager, s ...
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John J. McDannold (D)
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William M. Springer (D)
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Benjamin F. Funk (R)
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Joseph G. Cannon
Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ...
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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)
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John C. Black
John Charles Black (January 27, 1839 – August 17, 1915) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Illinois. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions as a Union Army lieutenant colonel and regimental commander at the Battle of Prairie Grove ...
(D), until January 12, 1895
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Andrew J. Hunter (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 ...
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Arthur H. Taylor
Arthur Herbert Taylor (February 29, 1852 – February 20, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1893 to 1895.
Biography
Born at Cale ...
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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
Henry Underwood Johnson (October 28, 1850 – June 4, 1939) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1891 to 1899.
Biography
Born in Cambridge City, Indiana, Johnson attended the Ce ...
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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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Thomas Hammond (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 ...
(D)
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William F. McNagny (D)
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Charles G. Conn (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 H. Gear
John Henry Gear (April 7, 1825 – July 14, 1900) served as the 11th Governor of Iowa, a United States representative and a member of the United States Senate.
Biography
Born in Ithaca, New York, he attended the common schools and moved to Gal ...
(R)
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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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Thomas Updegraff
Thomas Updegraff (April 3, 1834 – October 4, 1910) was an American attorney, politician, and five-term Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northeastern Iowa. His two periods of service were separated by ten years out ...
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Robert G. Cousins
Robert Gordon Cousins (January 31, 1859 – June 20, 1933) was an eight-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 5th congressional district. He represented the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, area for the last eight years of the 19th century and the ...
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John F. Lacey (R)
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John A. T. Hull (R)
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William P. Hepburn
William Peters Hepburn (November 4, 1833 – February 7, 1916) was an American Civil War officer and an eleven-term Republican Party (United States), Republican Member of Congress, congressman from Iowa's now-obsolete Iowa's 8th congressional d ...
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Alva L. Hager
Alva Lysander Hager (October 29, 1850 – January 29, 1923) was a three-term Republican Party (United States), Republican United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district in the 1890s.
Biograp ...
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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 ...
(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 ...
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Case Broderick
Case Broderick (September 23, 1839 – April 1, 1920) was a politician and U.S. Representative from Kansas. He was a cousin of David Colbreth Broderick, of Washington, DC; New York, and California; and Andrew Kennedy of California, who also b ...
(R)
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Edward H. Funston
Edward Hogue Funston (September 16, 1836 – September 10, 1911) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Biography
Funston was born near New Carlisle, Ohio on September 16, 1836. He attended the count ...
(R), until August 2, 1894
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Horace L. Moore (D), from August 2, 1894
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Thomas J. Hudson (P)
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Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. He had served as the Sena ...
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John Davis (P)
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William Baker (P)
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Jeremiah Simpson (P)
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William A. Harris (P)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
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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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Albert S. Berry
Albert Seaton Berry (May 13, 1836 – January 6, 1908) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Biography
Born in Fairfield (now Dayton, Kentucky, Dayton), Campbell County, Kentucky, Berry attended the ...
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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 ...
(D), until January 5, 1895
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Marcus C. Lisle (D), until July 7, 1894
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William M. Beckner (D), from December 3, 1894
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Silas Adams
Silas Adams (February 9, 1839 – May 5, 1896) was an American attorney and politician from Kentucky who served for one term as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky's 11th congressional district.
Early life and e ...
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Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
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Adolph Meyer
Adolph Meyer (October 19, 1842 – March 8, 1908) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served nine terms as a Democrat from 1891 until his death in office in 1908.
Biography
Meyer was born ...
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Robert C. Davey
Robert Charles Davey (October 22, 1853 – December 26, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Davey attended the public schools, and was graduated from St. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, ...
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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, ...
(D), until March 12, 1894
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Henry W. Ogden (D), from May 12, 1894
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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 ...
(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 ...
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Robert F. Brattan (D), until May 10, 1894
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W. Laird Henry (D), from November 6, 1894
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J. Frederick C. Talbott
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott (July 29, 1843 – October 5, 1918) was a U.S. Congressman who represented the second Congressional district of Maryland.
Biography
He was born near Lutherville, Maryland on July 29, 1843. He began to study law ...
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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, ...
(D), until May 15, 1894
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Charles E. Coffin (R), from November 6, 1894
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William M. McKaig (D)
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Ashley B. Wright
Ashley Bascom Wright (May 25, 1841 – August 14, 1897) was an American politician. He was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Mileage in the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses.
Early life and education
Wright was born ...
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Frederick H. Gillett
Frederick Huntington Gillett (; October 16, 1851 – July 31, 1935) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts state government and both houses of the U.S. Congress between 1879 and 1931, including six years as Speaker of the Hous ...
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Joseph H. Walker (R)
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Lewis D. Apsley
Lewis Dewart Apsley (September 29, 1852 – April 11, 1925) was a businessman and U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Apsley moved with his parents to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, in 1861. He att ...
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Moses T. Stevens (D)
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William Cogswell
William Cogswell (August 23, 1838 – May 22, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was appointed to the grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers.
Biogr ...
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William Everett
William Everett (October 10, 1839 – February 16, 1910) was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of Charlotte Gray Brooks and orator, Massachusetts governor and U.S. Secretary of State Edward Everett, who spoke ...
(D), from April 25, 1893
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Samuel W. McCall
Samuel Walker McCall (February 28, 1851 – November 4, 1923) was a Republican lawyer, politician, and writer from Massachusetts. He was for twenty years (1893–1913) a member of the United States House of Representatives, and the 47th Governo ...
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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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Michael J. McEttrick
Michael Joseph McEttrick (June 22, 1848 – December 31, 1921) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
McEttrick was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, he graduated from the Washington Grammar and the ...
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William F. Draper
William Franklin Draper (April 9, 1842 – January 28, 1910) was an American businessman, industrialist, and soldier who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Draper was born i ...
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Elijah A. Morse (R)
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Charles S. Randall (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 ...
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J. Logan Chipman (D), until August 17, 1893
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Levi T. Griffin (D), from December 4, 1893
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James S. Gorman (D)
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Julius C. Burrows (R), until January 23, 1895
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Henry F. Thomas (R)
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George F. Richardson (D)
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David D. Aitken (R)
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Justin R. Whiting (D)
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William S. Linton
William Seelye Linton (February 4, 1856 – November 22, 1927) was an American politician from Michigan.
Early life
Linton was born in St. Clair, Michigan and moved with his parents to Saginaw in 1859, where he attended the public schools. ...
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John W. Moon (R)
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Thomas A. E. Weadock (D)
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John Avery (R)
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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 ...
(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 ...
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James Albertus Tawney (R)
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James T. McCleary (R)
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Osee M. Hall (D)
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Andrew R. Kiefer (R)
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Loren Fletcher
Loren Fletcher (April 10, 1833 – April 15, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Biography
He was born in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine and attended the public schools and Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kents Hill, Maine. Flet ...
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Melvin R. Baldwin (D)
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Haldor E. Boen (P)
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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Hernando D. Money (D)
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John Sharp Williams
John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Re ...
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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 ...
(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 ...
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William H. Hatch
William Henry Hatch (September 11, 1833 – December 23, 1896) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri. He was the namesake of the Hatch Act of 1887, which established state agricultural experiment statio ...
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Uriel S. Hall (D)
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Alexander M. Dockery (D)
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Daniel D. Burnes (D)
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John C. Tarsney (D)
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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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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 ...
(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,
representing ...
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James Beauchamp Clark
James Beauchamp Clark (March 7, 1850March 2, 1921) was an American politician and attorney who represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House from 1911 to 1919.
Born in Kentucky, he establis ...
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Richard Bartholdt
Richard Bartholdt (November 2, 1855 – March 19, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born in Schleiz, Germany, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College (Gymnasium). He emigrated to the United States in April 1872 an ...
(R)
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Charles F. Joy
Charles Frederick Joy (December 11, 1849 – April 13, 1921) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Biography
Born in Jacksonville, Illinois on December 11, 1849, Joy attended the public schools. H ...
(R), until April 3, 1894
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John J. O'Neill (D), from April 3, 1894
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Seth W. Cobb (D)
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Robert W. Fyan (D)
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Marshall Arnold (D)
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Charles H. Morgan
Charles Henry Morgan (July 5, 1842January 4, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician from Missouri. He represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives for five terms spread across four decades. He also served as a Unite ...
(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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Charles S. Hartman (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 ...
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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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David H. Mercer (R)
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George D. Meiklejohn (R)
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Eugene J. Hainer (R)
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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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Francis G. Newlands
Francis Griffith Newlands (August 28, 1846December 24, 1917) was a United States representative and Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party.
A supporter of westward expansion, he helped pass the Newlands Reclamation Act of 19 ...
(D/S)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
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Henry W. Blair
Henry William Blair (December 6, 1834March 14, 1920) was a United States representative and Senator from New Hampshire. During the American Civil War, he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Union Army.
A Radical Republican in his earlier political ...
(R)
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Henry M. Baker (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 ...
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Henry C. Loudenslager (R)
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John J. Gardner (R)
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Jacob A. Geissenhainer (D)
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Johnston Cornish
Johnston Cornish (June 13, 1858 – June 26, 1920) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for one term from 1893 to 1895.
E ...
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Cornelius A. Cadmus (D)
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Thomas D. English (D)
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George B. Fielder (D)
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John T. Dunn
John Thomas Dunn (June 4, 1838 – February 22, 1907) was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.
Biography
Born in County Tipperary in Ireland (then a part of the U.K.), Dunn immigrated to the United States with his father, who settled in New ...
(D)
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
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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John M. Clancy (D)
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Joseph C. Hendrix
Joseph Clifford Hendrix (May 25, 1853 – November 9, 1904) was an American educator and politician who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York from 1893 to 1895.
Biograp ...
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William J. Coombs (D)
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John H. Graham (D)
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Thomas F. Magner (D)
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Franklin Bartlett (D)
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Edward J. Dunphy (D)
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Timothy J. Campbell (D)
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Daniel Sickles
Daniel Edgar Sickles (October 20, 1819May 3, 1914) was an American politician, soldier, and diplomat.
Born to a wealthy family in New York City, Sickles was involved in a number of scandals, most notably the 1859 homicide of his wife's lover, U. ...
(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 ...
(D), until November 21, 1894
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W. Bourke Cockran (D)
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J. De Witt Warner (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 ...
(D), until December 31, 1893
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Lemuel E. Quigg (R), from January 30, 1894
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Ashbel P. Fitch
Ashbel Parmelee Fitch (October 8, 1848 – May 4, 1904) was an American lawyer, financier, and politician. He was a four-term Congressman, and a one-term Comptroller of New York City.
From March 4, 1887, until January 30, 1894, he served a ...
(D), until December 26, 1893
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Isidor Straus
Isidor Straus (February 6, 1845 – April 15, 1912) was a Bavarian-born American Jewish businessman, politician and co-owner of Macy's department store with his brother Nathan. He also served for just over a year as a member of the United State ...
(D), from January 30, 1894
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William Ryan (D)
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Francis Marvin (R)
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Jacob LeFever (R)
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Charles D. Haines (D)
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Charles Tracey (D)
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Simon J. Schermerhorn
Simon Jacob Schermerhorn (September 25, 1827 – July 21, 1901) was an American politician who served one term as a United States representative from New York from 1893 to 1895.
Biography
Born in Rotterdam, Schenectady County, New York, h ...
(D)
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Newton M. Curtis (R)
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John M. Wever
John Madison Wever (February 24, 1847 – September 27, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
Wever was born in Ganges Township, Michigan. He attended the common schools and Albion College. During the Civil War he entered the U ...
(R)
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Charles A. Chickering (R)
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James S. Sherman (R)
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George W. Ray (R)
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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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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 ...
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Charles W. Gillet
Charles William Gillet (November 26, 1840 – December 31, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
He was born in Addison, New York on November 26, 1840. Gillet attended the public schools and the Delaware Literary Inst ...
(R)
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James W. Wadsworth (R)
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John Van Voorhis
John Van Voorhis (October 22, 1826October 20, 1905) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Early life
Van Voorhis was born in 1826 in Decatur, New York. His family moved several times before settling in the town of Mendon. He ...
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Daniel N. Lockwood (D)
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Charles Daniels (R)
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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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Frederick A. Woodard
Frederick Augustus Woodard (February 12, 1854 – May 8, 1915) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician who served two terms as a Democratic U.S. Representative from North Carolina between 1893 and 1897.
Early life and education
B ...
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Benjamin F. Grady (D)
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Benjamin H. Bunn (D)
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Thomas Settle III (R)
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Sydenham B. Alexander (D)
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John S. Henderson (D)
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William H. Bower (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 ...
(R), until May 4, 1894
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Jacob H. Bromwell
Jacob Henry Bromwell (May 11, 1848 – June 4, 1924) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1894 to 1903.
Biography
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Bromwell resided during his boyhood in Newport, Kentucky.
H ...
(R), from December 3, 1894
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George W. Houk (D), until February 9, 1894
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Paul J. Sorg
Paul John Sorg (September 23, 1840 – May 28, 1902) was a businessman and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1894 to 1897.
Biography
He was born in Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) on September 23, 1840. ...
(D), from May 21, 1894
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Fernando C. Layton (D)
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Dennis D. Donovan (D)
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George W. Hulick (R)
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George W. Wilson (R)
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Luther M. Strong (R)
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Byron F. Ritchie
Byron Foster Ritchie (January 29, 1853 – August 22, 1928) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1893 to 1895.
He was the son of James Monroe Ritchie, who also served one term in C ...
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William H. Enochs (R), until July 13, 1893
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Hezekiah S. Bundy (R), from December 4, 1893
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Charles H. Grosvenor
Charles Henry Grosvenor (September 20, 1833 – October 30, 1917) was a multiple-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
Grosvenor was born in Pomfret, C ...
(R)
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Joseph H. Outhwaite (D)
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Darius D. Hare
Darius Dodge Hare (January 9, 1843 – February 10, 1897) was a soldier, lawyer, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1891 to 1895.
Biography
Born near Adrian, Ohio, Hare attended the common schools. During the Civil War, he en ...
(D)
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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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Henry C. Van Voorhis (R)
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Albert J. Pearson (D)
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James A. D. Richards
James Alexander Dudley Richards (March 22, 1845 – December 4, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1893 to 1895.
Early life and career
Richards was born in Boston, Mass ...
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George P. Ikirt
George Pierce Ikirt (November 3, 1852 – February 12, 1927) was an American physician and politician who served one term as a United States representative from Ohio from 1893 to 1895.
Early life and education
He was born near West Beaver ...
(D)
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Stephen A. Northway
Stephen Asa Northway (June 19, 1833 – September 8, 1898) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1893 to 1898.
Early life
Born in Christian Hollow, New York, Northway moved with his parents i ...
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William J. White (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)
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William R. Ellis
William Russell Ellis (April 23, 1850 – January 18, 1915) was an American educator, attorney and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Indiana, he grew up in Iowa before moving to Oregon where he worked as a school superintendent a ...
(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), until November 25, 1893
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Robert Adams Jr. (R), from December 19, 1893
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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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Irving P. Wanger
Irving Price Wanger (March 5, 1852 – January 14, 1940) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Wanger was born in North Coventry Township, Pennsylvania, the son of Rebecca (Price) and George Wanger. He s ...
(R)
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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 ...
(D), until June 23, 1893
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Howard Mutchler
Howard Mutchler (February 12, 1859 – January 4, 1916) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Howard Mutchler (son of William Mutchler), was born in Easton, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools ...
(D), from August 7, 1893
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Constantine J. Erdman (D)
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Marriott Brosius (R)
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Joseph A. Scranton
Joseph Augustine Scranton (July 26, 1838 – October 12, 1908) was a Republican politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883, 1885 to 1887, 1889 to 1891, and 1893 to 1897.
Life and ...
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William H. Hines (D)
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James B. Reilly (D)
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Ephraim M. Woomer (R)
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Myron B. Wright (R), until November 13, 1894
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Edwin J. Jorden (R), from February 23, 1895
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Albert C. Hopkins (R)
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Simon P. Wolverton (D)
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Thaddeus M. Mahon (R)
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Frank E. Beltzhoover (D)
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Josiah D. Hicks (R)
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Daniel B. Heiner (R)
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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 ...
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William A. Stone (R)
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William A. Sipe (D)
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Thomas W. Phillips (R)
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Joseph C. Sibley
Joseph Crocker "Joe" Sibley, Jr. (February 18, 1850May 19, 1926) was an American livestock breeder, farmer, and politician who represented northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives for five terms.
Biography Early y ...
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Charles W. Stone (R)
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George F. Kribbs (D)
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Alexander McDowell
Alexander McDowell (March 4, 1845 – September 30, 1913) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Alexander McDowell was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and lear ...
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William Lilly
William Lilly (9 June 1681) was a seventeenth century English astrologer. He is described as having been a genius at something "that modern mainstream opinion has since decided cannot be done at all" having developed his stature as the most imp ...
(R), until December 1, 1893
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Galusha A. Grow (R), from February 26, 1894
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), from April 5, 1893
South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
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William H. Brawley (D), until February 12, 1894
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James F. Izlar (D), from April 12, 1894
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William J. Talbert
William Jasper Talbert (October 6, 1846 – February 5, 1931) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Early life
Born near Edgefield, South Carolina, Edgefield County, South Carolina, in Talbert ...
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Asbury C. Latimer (D)
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George W. Shell (D)
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Thomas J. Strait (D)
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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)
: .
George W. Murray (R)
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 at-large 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 ...
.
: .
William V. Lucas
William Vincent Lucas (July 3, 1835 – November 10, 1921) was a United States politician, within the Republican party. He served as the State Auditor of Iowa; and later a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota.
...
(R)
: .
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)
: .
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)
: .
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 ...
(D)
: .
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)
: .
Nicholas N. Cox (D)
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Benjamin A. Enloe (D)
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James C. McDearmon (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 ...
: .
Joseph C. Hutcheson (D)
: .
Samuel B. Cooper
Samuel Bronson Cooper (May 30, 1850 – August 21, 1918) was a United States representative from Texas and a Member of the Board of General Appraisers.
Education and career
Born on May 30, 1850, near Eddyville in Caldwell County, Kentucky, C ...
(D)
: .
Constantine B. Kilgore
Constantine Buckley Kilgore (February 20, 1835 – September 23, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Born in Newnan, Georgia, Kilgore moved with his parents to Rusk County, Texas, in 1846.
He received a common-school and academic t ...
(D)
: .
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 ...
(D)
: .
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)
: .
Joseph Abbott (D)
: .
George C. Pendleton
George Cassety Pendleton (April 23, 1845 – January 19, 1913) was an American Democratic politician who was a member and Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, a Lieutenant Governor of Texas, and a U.S. Representative from the 7th ...
(D)
: .
Charles K. Bell (D)
: .
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)
: .
Walter Gresham (D)
: .
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 ...
(D)
: .
Thomas M. Paschal (D)
: .
Jeremiah V. Cockrell
Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell, also known as Vard Cockrell, (May 7, 1832 – March 18, 1915) was a U.S. Representative from Texas, after having served as a field commander in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was a ...
(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 ...
: .
H. Henry Powers (R)
: .
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 ...
: .
William A. Jones (D)
: .
D. Gardiner Tyler (D)
: .
George D. Wise (D)
: .
James F. Epes (D)
: .
Claude A. Swanson
Claude Augustus Swanson (March 31, 1862July 7, 1939) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Virginia. He served as U.S. Representative (1893-1906), Governor of Virginia (1906-1910), and U.S. Senator from Virginia (1910-1933), befor ...
(D)
: .
Paul C. Edmunds
Paul Carrington Edmunds (November 1, 1836 – March 12, 1899) was a Virginia lawyer, Confederate soldier and politician who served in the Virginia Senate and in the U.S. representative from Virginia.
Early and family life
Born at "Springwood ...
(D)
: .
Charles T. O'Ferrall (D), until December 28, 1893
::
Smith S. Turner (D), from January 30, 1894
: .
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)
: .
James W. Marshall
James Wilson Marshall (October 8, 1810 – August 10, 1885) was an American carpenter and sawmill operator, who on January 24, 1848 reported the finding of gold at Coloma, California, a small settlement on the American River about 36 miles no ...
(D)
: .
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 ...
Both representatives were elected at-large 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 ...
.
: .
William H. Doolittle (R)
: .
John L. Wilson (R), until February 18, 1895
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 ...
: .
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)
: .
William L. Wilson (D)
: .
John D. Alderson (D)
: .
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 ...
: .
Henry Allen Cooper
Henry Allen Cooper (September 8, 1850 – March 1, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Early life
Cooper was born in Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, son of former Free Soil Party State Representative Joel H. Cooper, a physician. In ...
(R)
: .
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 ...
(D)
: .
Joseph W. Babcock (R)
: .
Peter J. Somers (D), from August 27, 1893
: .
George H. Brickner (D)
: .
Owen A. Wells (D)
: .
George B. Shaw
George Bullen Shaw (March 12, 1854 – August 27, 1894) was a lumberman and U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Background
Born in Alma, New York, Shaw moved to Eau Claire, Wisconsin in 1856 with his father.
He attended the public school ...
(R), until August 27, 1894
::
Michael Griffin (R), from November 5, 1894
: .
Lyman E. Barnes
Lyman Eddy Barnes (June 30, 1855January 16, 1904) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin.
Biography
Barnes was born in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, the son of William W. Barn ...
(D)
: .
Thomas Lynch (D)
: .
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 ...
(R)
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...
: .
Henry A. Coffeen (D)
Delegates
: .
Marcus A. Smith (D)
: .
Antonio Joseph (D)
: .
Dennis T. Flynn (R)
: .
Joseph L. Rawlins (D)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
* Replacements: 6
**
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: 8
* Interim appointments: 2
*Total seats with changes: 12
House of Representatives
* Replacements: 22
**
Democratic: 2 seat net gain
**
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 ...
: 2 seat net loss
* Deaths: 11
* Resignations: 13
* Contested election: 3
*Total seats with changes: 30
Committees
Senate
*
Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman:
Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Appropriations (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:
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 ...
)
*
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
John P. Jones)
*
Bribery Attempts Investigation (Special)
*
Canadian Relations (Chairman:
Edward Murphy Jr.
Edward Murphy Jr. (December 15, 1836August 3, 1911) was a businessman and politician from Troy, New York. A Democrat, he served as mayor of Troy, New York (1875–1883), chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee (1888–1894), and a ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
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:
David Turpie
David Battle Turpie (July 8, 1828 – April 21, 1909) was an American politician who served as a Senator from Indiana from 1887 until 1899; he also served as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 1898 to 1899 during the last year of his ...
; Ranking Member:
John P. Jones)
*
Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman:
Thomas J. Jarvis
Thomas Jordan Jarvis (January 18, 1836June 17, 1915) was the 44th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1879 to 1885. Jarvis later served as a U.S. Senator from 1894 to 1895, and helped establish East Carolina Teachers Training Scho ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
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:
Samuel Pasco
Samuel Pasco (June 28, 1834March 13, 1917) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Florida.
Biography
Pasco was born in London, England, to a family of Cornish ancestry. His family moved to Prince Edward Island in 1841 befo ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Coast Defenses (Chairman:
John B. Gordon; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
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:
Matt W. Ransom; Ranking Member:
William P. Frye
William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...
)
*
Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Select) (Chairman:
Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the 1 ...
)
*
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:
Isham G. Harris
Isham Green Harris (February 10, 1818July 8, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee. ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Education and Labor (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Engrossed Bills (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:
John Martin)
*
Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Fred T. Dubois
Fred Thomas Dubois (May 29, 1851February 14, 1930) was a controversial American politician from Idaho who served two terms in the United States Senate. He was best known for his opposition to the gold standard and his efforts to Disfranchisement ...
)
*
Epidemic Diseases (Chairman:
John P. Jones; Ranking Member:
Isham G. Harris
Isham Green Harris (February 10, 1818July 8, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee. ...
)
*
Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas C. Power)
*
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:
Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member:
Justin S. Morrill)
*
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:
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 ...
; 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 ...
)
*
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman:
Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member:
Samuel Pasco
Samuel Pasco (June 28, 1834March 13, 1917) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Florida.
Biography
Pasco was born in London, England, to a family of Cornish ancestry. His family moved to Prince Edward Island in 1841 befo ...
)
*
Ford Theater Disaster (Select) (Chairman:
Isham G. Harris
Isham Green Harris (February 10, 1818July 8, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee. ...
)
*
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 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:
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 ...
)
*
Forest Reservations (Select) (Chairman:
William V. Allen; Ranking Member:
Henry M. Teller)
*
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:
Anselm J. McLaurin; Ranking Member:
Edward O. Wolcott
Edward Oliver Wolcott (March 26, 1848 – March 1, 1905) was an American politician during the 1890s, who served for 12 years as a Senator from the state of Colorado.
Early life
Wolcott was born on March 26, 1848 in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. H ...
)
*
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:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
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:
James K. Jones; Ranking Member:
Orville H. Platt
Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 – April 21, 1905) was a United States senator from Connecticut. Platt was a prominent conservative Republican and by the 1890s he became one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the ma ...
)
*
Indian Depredations (Chairman:
William Lindsay; 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 among ...
(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:
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 ...
)
*
Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
Stephen M. White; 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 ...
)
*
Judiciary
The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...
(Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
George Frisbie 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 ...
)
*
Library
A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vir ...
(Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Edward O. Wolcott
Edward Oliver Wolcott (March 26, 1848 – March 1, 1905) was an American politician during the 1890s, who served for 12 years as a Senator from the state of Colorado.
Early life
Wolcott was born on March 26, 1848 in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. H ...
)
*
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. Gibson; Ranking Member:
Anthony Higgins)
*
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:
William B. Bate
William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Mines and Mining (Chairman:
William M. Stewart
William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
Personal
Stewart was born in Wayne Count ...
; Ranking Member:
John P. Jones)
*
Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (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:
William D. Washburn)
*
National Banks
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* a bank owned by the state
* an ordinary private bank which operates nationally (as opposed to regionally or locally or even internationally)
* in the United States, an ordinary p ...
(Select) (Chairman:
John L. Mitchell; 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 ...
)
*
Naval Affairs (Chairman:
John R. McPherson; 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 ...
)
*
Nicaraguan Claims (Select)
*
Organization, Conduct and Expeditures of Executive Departments (Chairman:
James Smith Jr.
James Smith Jr. (June 12, 1851April 1, 1927) was a newspaper publisher and U.S. Senator from New Jersey. A leader of the Irish Catholic community, he was the Democratic party boss who sponsored Woodrow Wilson to the governorship in 1910.
Bio ...
; Ranking Member:
James F. Wilson)
*
Pacific Railroads (Chairman:
Calvin S. Brice
Calvin Stewart Brice (September 17, 1845 – December 15, 1898) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Ohio. He is best remembered for his single term in the United States Senate, his role as chairman of the Democratic Natio ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Patents
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(Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Nathan F. Dixon)
*
Pensions
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(Chairman:
John M. Palmer; Ranking Member:
George L. Shoup)
*
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman:
John R. McPherson)
*
Printing
Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ea ...
(Chairman:
Arthur P. Gorman; Ranking Member:
Charles F. Manderson)
*
Private Land Claims (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:
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 ...
)
*
Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
George Gray; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
George G. Vest; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Public Distress (Select)
*
Public Lands
In all modern states, a portion of land is held by central or local governments. This is called public land, state land, or Crown land (Australia, and Canada). The system of tenure of public land, and the terminology used, varies between countrie ...
(Chairman:
James H. Berry
James Henderson Berry (May 15, 1841 – January 30, 1913) was a United States Senator and served as the 14th governor of Arkansas.
Early life
James Henderson Berry was born in Jackson County, Alabama, to Isabella Jane (née Orr) and James McF ...
; Ranking Member:
Joseph N. Dolph
Joseph Norton Dolph (October 19, 1835March 10, 1897) was an American politician and attorney in the state of Oregon. A native of the state of New York (state), New York, he immigrated to Oregon over the Oregon Trail and settled in Portland, Oreg ...
)
*
Quadrocentennial (Select) (Chairman:
Patrick Walsh; Ranking Member:
William Lindsay)
*
Railroads
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...
(Chairman:
John Martin; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
*
Revision of the Laws (Chairman:
John W. Daniel; Ranking Member:
James F. Wilson)
* United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (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:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Joseph C.S. Blackburn; Ranking Member:
Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the 1 ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: Charles J. Faulkner; Ranking Member:
Orville H. Platt
Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 – April 21, 1905) was a United States senator from Connecticut. Platt was a prominent conservative Republican and by the 1890s he became one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the ma ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (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: Jacob H. Gallinger)
* United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: John L.M. Irby; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)
* United States Senate Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Chairman:
William N. Roach
William Nathaniel Roach (September 25, 1840September 7, 1902) was a United States senator from North Dakota.
Biography
Born in Washington, D.C., he attended the public schools, Gonzaga College High School and Georgetown University. He was a ...
; Ranking Member:
Anthony Higgins)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
* United States Senate Select Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member:
James Z. George
James Zachariah George (October 20, 1826August 14, 1897) was an American lawyer, writer, U.S. politician, Confederate politician, and military officer. He was known as Mississippi's "Great Commoner". He was also a slave owner.
Biography
James ...
)
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: Harry Welles Rusk; Ranking Member:
Owen A. Wells)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman:
William H. Hatch
William Henry Hatch (September 11, 1833 – December 23, 1896) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri. He was the namesake of the Hatch Act of 1887, which established state agricultural experiment statio ...
; Ranking Member: John Sharp Williams, John S. Williams)
* United States House Select Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman: Thomas Dunn English; Ranking Member:
Michael J. McEttrick
Michael Joseph McEttrick (June 22, 1848 – December 31, 1921) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
McEttrick was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, he graduated from the Washington Grammar and the ...
)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
James R. Williams)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: William M. Springer; Ranking Member:
James R. Williams)
* United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:
Benjamin H. Bunn; Ranking Member:
Thomas Hammond)
* United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, 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:
Henry A. Coffeen)
* United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman:
John S. Henderson; 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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Charles M. Cooper)
* United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman:
Benjamin A. Enloe; Ranking Member: Charles D. Haines)
* United States House Committee on the Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress, Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Henry St. George Tucker; Ranking Member:
Jesse F. Stallings
Jesse Francis Stallings (April 4, 1856 – March 18, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born near Manningham, Alabama, to Reuben Stallings and Lucinda Ferguson. Stallings completed preparatory studies and was graduated from the Uni ...
)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections (Chairman:
Jason B. Brown; Ranking Member: Frederick A. Woodard)
* United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
Albert J. Pearson; Ranking Member:
Alva L. Hager
Alva Lysander Hager (October 29, 1850 – January 29, 1923) was a three-term Republican Party (United States), Republican United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district in the 1890s.
Biograp ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman:
Paul C. Edmunds
Paul Carrington Edmunds (November 1, 1836 – March 12, 1899) was a Virginia lawyer, Confederate soldier and politician who served in the Virginia Senate and in the U.S. representative from Virginia.
Early and family life
Born at "Springwood ...
; Ranking Member: Omer Madison Kem)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Henry G. Turner; 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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Richard D. Dunphy; Ranking Member:
Byron F. Ritchie
Byron Foster Ritchie (January 29, 1853 – August 22, 1928) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1893 to 1895.
He was the son of James Monroe Ritchie, who also served one term in C ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: James A.D. Richards; Ranking Member:
Ashley B. Wright
Ashley Bascom Wright (May 25, 1841 – August 14, 1897) was an American politician. He was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Mileage in the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses.
Early life and education
Wright was born ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:
Rufus E. Lester; Ranking Member: Charles W. Stone)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
William A. Stone)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, 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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
John W. Moon)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman:
James B. McCreary; Ranking Member:
William Everett
William Everett (October 10, 1839 – February 16, 1910) was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of Charlotte Gray Brooks and orator, Massachusetts governor and U.S. Secretary of State Edward Everett, who spoke ...
)
* United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Jacob A. Geissenhainer; Ranking Member:
James G. Maguire
James George Maguire (February 22, 1853 – June 20, 1920) was an American politician and Georgist who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1893 to 1899.
Early life and education
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Ma ...
)
* United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
George W. Cooper; Ranking Member:
Francis G. Newlands
Francis Griffith Newlands (August 28, 1846December 24, 1917) was a United States representative and Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party.
A supporter of westward expansion, he helped pass the Newlands Reclamation Act of 19 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:
William S. Holman; Ranking Member:
William H. Bower)
* United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman:
George D. Wise; Ranking Member:
William H. Brawley)
* United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, 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: George B. Fielder)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (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: Joseph W. Bailey)
* United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman:
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
, image_ma ...
; Ranking Member:
Lafe Pence
Lafayette (Lafe) Pence (December 23, 1857 – October 22, 1923) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Colorado from 1893 to 1895.
Biography
Born in Co ...
)
* United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman:
John M. Allen; Ranking Member: Frederick A. Woodard)
* United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman:
Franklin Bartlett; Ranking Member:
Charles O'Neill)
* United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman:
Charles H. Page; Ranking Member:
Johnston Cornish
Johnston Cornish (June 13, 1858 – June 26, 1920) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for one term from 1893 to 1895.
E ...
)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman:
George W. Fithian; Ranking Member:
Johnston Cornish
Johnston Cornish (June 13, 1858 – June 26, 1920) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for one term from 1893 to 1895.
E ...
)
* United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman:
Thomas Lynch; Ranking Member:
George C. Pendleton
George Cassety Pendleton (April 23, 1845 – January 19, 1913) was an American Democratic politician who was a member and Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, a Lieutenant Governor of Texas, and a U.S. Representative from the 7th ...
)
* United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:
Joseph H. Outhwaite; Ranking Member:
Charles H. Morgan
Charles Henry Morgan (July 5, 1842January 4, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician from Missouri. He represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives for five terms spread across four decades. He also served as a Unite ...
)
* United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman:
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 born ...
; Ranking Member:
John C. Bell)
* United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Thomas A.E. Weadock; Ranking Member: William A. Baker)
* United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Jacob A. Geissenhainer; Ranking Member: D. Gardiner Tyler)
* United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman: James B. Reilly; Ranking Member:
Joseph C. Hendrix
Joseph Clifford Hendrix (May 25, 1853 – November 9, 1904) was an American educator and politician who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York from 1893 to 1895.
Biograp ...
)
* United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Robert Neill)
* United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Champ Clark)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
John S. Henderson; Ranking Member:
Claude A. Swanson
Claude Augustus Swanson (March 31, 1862July 7, 1939) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Virginia. He served as U.S. Representative (1893-1906), Governor of Virginia (1906-1910), and U.S. Senator from Virginia (1910-1933), befor ...
)
* United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
James D. Richardson; Ranking Member:
Case Broderick
Case Broderick (September 23, 1839 – April 1, 1920) was a politician and U.S. Representative from Kansas. He was a cousin of David Colbreth Broderick, of Washington, DC; New York, and California; and Andrew Kennedy of California, who also b ...
)
* United States House Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Hudson)
* United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member:
Robert C. Davey
Robert Charles Davey (October 22, 1853 – December 26, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Davey attended the public schools, and was graduated from St. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, ...
)
* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Thomas Chipman McRae; Ranking Member: Asbury C. Latimer)
* United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman:
Seth W. Cobb; Ranking Member:
Marion Cannon)
* United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Robert E. De Forest; Ranking Member:
Arthur H. Taylor
Arthur Herbert Taylor (February 29, 1852 – February 20, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1893 to 1895.
Biography
Born at Cale ...
)
* United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: William T. Ellis; Ranking Member:
John W. Maddox)
* United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman:
Thomas C. Catchings; Ranking Member: Philip D. McCulloch)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Charles F. Crisp; Ranking Member:
Thomas B. Reed)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct
* United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Haldor E. Boen)
* United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics, Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman:
George W. Shell; Ranking Member:
Joseph H. Walker)
* United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Frank E. Beltzhoover; Ranking Member:
Byron F. Ritchie
Byron Foster Ritchie (January 29, 1853 – August 22, 1928) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1893 to 1895.
He was the son of James Monroe Ritchie, who also served one term in C ...
)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman:
William L. Wilson; Ranking Member:
William D. Bynum)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint committees
* United States Congress Joint Committee to Celebrate the Cenntennial of the Laying of the Capitol Cornerstone, Celebrate the Centennial of the Laying of the Capitol Cornerstone
* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Dedication of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Dedication of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Ford's Theater Disaster, Ford's Theater Disaster
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Naval Personnel, Naval Personnel
Caucuses
* House Democratic Caucus, Democratic (House)
* Senate Democratic Caucus, Democratic (Senate)
Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors
* Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark (architect), Edward Clark
* Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
* Public Printer of the United States: Francis W. Palmer, until 1894
** Thomas E. Benedict, from 1894
Senate
* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain of the Senate: William H. Millburn (Methodism, Methodist)
* Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary of the Senate: Anson G. McCook, until April 6, 1893
** William Ruffin Cox, elected April 6, 1893
* United States Senate Librarian, Librarian of the Senate: Alonzo M. Church
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: Edward K. Valentine, until August 8, 1893
** Richard J. Bright, elected August 8, 1893
House of Representatives
* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain of the House: Samuel W. Haddaway (Methodism, Methodist), elected August 7, 1893
** Edward B. Bagby (Christians, Christian), elected December 4, 1893
* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk of the House: James Kerr (Pennsylvania politician), James Kerr
* Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper of the House: Alvin B. Hurt, elected August 7, 1893
* Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster of the House: Lycurgus Dalton, elected August 7, 1893
* Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Thomas S. Pettit (D) and Neill S. Brown Jr. (R)
* Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Charles R. Crisp
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms of the House: Samuel S. Yoder, until August 7, 1893
** Herman W. Snow, from August 7, 1893
See also
* United States elections, 1892 (elections leading to this Congress)
** 1892 United States presidential election
** United States Senate elections, 1892
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1892
* United States elections, 1894 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** United States Senate elections, 1894
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1894
References
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External links
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress*
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