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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 po ...
and the
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. It met in Washington, D.C. 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
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. The apportionment of seats in the
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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 President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
, this also gave the Democrats an overall federal government trifecta 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

*
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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 Charles Frederick Manderson (February 9, 1837September 28, 1911) was a United States senator from Nebraska from 1883 to 1895. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended school there and then moved to Canton, Ohio, in 1856, where h ...
(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 (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 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 ...
* Republican Conference Chairman:
John Sherman John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He also served as ...


House of Representatives

*
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: Charles F. Crisp (D) * Minority Leader: Thomas B. Reed (R) * Democratic Caucus Chairman:
William S. Holman William Steele Holman (September 6, 1822 – April 22, 1897) was a lawyer, judge and politician from Dearborn County, Indiana. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1865, 1867 to 1877, 1881 ...
* 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 Fau ...
* Republican Conference Chairman: Thomas J. Henderson * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Joseph W. Babcock Joseph Weeks Babcock (March 6, 1850 – April 27, 1909) was a seven-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin. Born in Swanton, Vermont. Babcock was the grandson of Joseph Weeks, a Congressman from Ver ...


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
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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
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started a depression. * November 7, 1893: Colorado women were granted the right to vote * May 1, 1894: Coxey's Army, 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


Members

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


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) , anthem = " Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...

: 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 O ...

: 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 McFe ...
(D) : 3. James K. Jones (D)


California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

: 1.
Stephen M. White Stephen Mallory White (January 19, 1853February 21, 1901) was an American attorney and politician from California. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service as a U.S. Senator from 1893 to 1899. A native of San Francisco, White graduate ...
(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 Sen ...
(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 the ...

: 2. Edward O. Wolcott (R) : 3. Henry M. Teller (R)


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

: 1. Joseph R. Hawley (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 m ...
(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 ...

: 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 ...

: 1. Samuel Pasco (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 an ...
(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 49th Governor of Georgia (1877–1882), he was one of numerous Democrats elected to office as white conservatives too ...
(D), until March 26, 1894 :: Patrick Walsh (D), from April 2, 1894 : 3. John B. Gordon (D)


Idaho Idaho ( ) is a U.S. state, 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 Monta ...

: 2.
George L. Shoup George Laird Shoup (June 15, 1836December 21, 1904) was an American politician who served as the first governor of Idaho, in addition to its last territorial governor. He served several months after statehood in 1890 and then became one of the s ...
(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 disenfranchise ...
(R)


Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...

: 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 ...

: 1. David Turpie (D) : 3.
Daniel W. Voorhees Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (September 26, 1827April 10, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897. He was the leader of the Democratic Party and an anti-war Copperhead during th ...
(D)


Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, 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: Wiscon ...

: 2.
James F. Wilson James Falconer "Jefferson Jim" Wilson (October 19, 1828April 22, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a Republican U.S. Congressman from Iowa's 1st congressional district during the American Civil War, and later as a two- ...
(R) : 3. William B. Allison (R)


Kansas Kansas () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its Capital city, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebras ...

: 2. John Martin (D) : 3. William A. Peffer (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 ...

: 2. William Lindsay (D) : 3.
Joseph C. S. Blackburn Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (October 1, 1838September 12, 1918) was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Blackburn, a skilled and spirited orator, was also a prominent trial lawyer known for his skill at swaying juries. Biog ...
(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 bord ...

: 2. Donelson Caffery (D) : 3. Edward D. White (D), until March 12, 1894 :: Newton C. Blanchard (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 nor ...

: 1. Eugene Hale (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 t ...

: 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)


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: 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 polic ...
(R) : 2. George F. Hoar (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 t ...

: 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 wh ...
(R), until April 30, 1894 ::
John Patton Jr. John Patton Jr. (October 30, 1850 – May 24, 1907) was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Patton, the son of John Patton and the brother of Charles Emory Patton, was born in Curwensville, Pennsylvania. He prepared for college at Ph ...
(R), from May 5, 1894, until January 14, 1895 ::
Julius C. Burrows Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Early life and education Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania and moved then with his parents to Ashtabu ...
(R), from January 24, 1895 : 2. James McMillan (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 t ...

: 1. Cushman K. Davis (R) : 2.
William D. Washburn William Drew "W.D." Washburn, Sr. (January 14, 1831 – July 29, 1912) was an American politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate as a Republican from Minnesota. Three of his seven ...
(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 (D) : 2. Edward C. Walthall (D), until January 24, 1894 :: Anselm J. McLaurin (D), from February 7, 1894


Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

: 1. Francis M. Cockrell (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 Columb ...

: 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 o ...
(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 sout ...

: 1. William V. Allen (P) : 2.
Charles F. Manderson Charles Frederick Manderson (February 9, 1837September 28, 1911) was a United States senator from Nebraska from 1883 to 1895. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended school there and then moved to Canton, Ohio, in 1856, where h ...
(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 (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 " ...
(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 ...
(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 Delawa ...

: 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 John RhodericIn a letter dated March 4, 1887, McPherson states that the "R" in his name is "nothing except a designation" and does not stand for Rhoderic. McPherson (May 9, 1833October 8, 1897) was an American businessman, inventor, and Democr ...
(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 ...
(D) : 3. David B. Hill (D)


North Carolina North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United ...

: 2. Matt W. Ransom (D) : 3. Zebulon B. Vance (D), until April 14, 1894 :: Thomas J. Jarvis (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 indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, ...

: 1. William N. Roach (D) : 3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)


Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...

: 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 Nati ...
(D)


Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

: 2. Joseph N. Dolph (R) : 3. John H. Mitchell (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 (R) : 3. J. Donald Cameron (R)


Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...

: 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R) : 2.
Nathan F. Dixon III Nathan Fellows Dixon III (August 28, 1847November 8, 1897) was a United States representative and United States Senate, Senator from Rhode Island. Early life Dixon was born in Westerly, Rhode Island on August 28, 1847. He attended the local sc ...
(R)


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

: 2.
Matthew C. Butler Matthew Calbraith Butler (March 8, 1836April 14, 1909) was a Confederate soldier, an American military commander and attorney and politician from South Carolina. He served as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American ...
(D) : 3.
John L. M. Irby John Laurens Manning Irby (September 10, 1854December 9, 1900) was a United States senator from South Carolina. Born in Laurens, he attended Laurensville Male Academy (Lauren), Princeton College (Princeton, New Jersey in 1870-1871, and the Uni ...
(D)


South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large po ...

: 2. Richard F. Pettigrew (R) : 3. James H. Kyle (P)


Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...

: 1.
William B. Bate William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
(D) : 2.
Isham G. Harris 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)


Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

: 1.
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 ...
(D) : 2. Richard Coke (D)


Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, 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 (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...

: 1. Redfield Proctor (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 are ...

: 1.
John W. Daniel John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assemb ...
(D) : 2. 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 ...

: 1. John L. Wilson (R), from February 19, 1895 : 3. Watson C. Squire (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 ...

: 1.
Charles J. Faulkner Charles James Faulkner (July 6, 1806 – November 1, 1884) was a politician, planter, and lawyer from Berkeley County, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia) who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and as a U.S. Congressman. ...
(D) : 2. Johnson N. Camden (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 ...

: 1. John L. Mitchell (D) : 3. William F. Vilas (D)


Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the 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 southwest, and Colorado to t ...

: 1. Clarence D. Clark (R), from January 23, 1895 : 2. Joseph M. Carey (R)


House of Representatives


Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = " Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...

: . Richard H. Clarke (D) : . Jesse F. Stallings (D) : .
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. Ar ...
(D), until November 5, 1894 :: George P. Harrison (D), from November 6, 1894 : . Gaston A. Robbins (D) : . James E. Cobb (D) : . John H. Bankhead (D) : . William H. Denson (D) : .
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 ...
(D) : . 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 O ...

: . Philip D. McCulloch Jr. (D) : .
Clifton R. Breckinridge Clifton Rodes Breckinridge (November 22, 1846 – December 3, 1932) was a Democratic alderman, congressman, diplomat, businessman and veteran of the Confederate Army and Navy. He was a member of the prominent Breckinridge family, the son of ...
(D), until August 14, 1894 :: John S. Little (D), from December 3, 1894 : . Thomas C. McRae (D) : .
William L. Terry William Leake Terry (September 27, 1850 – November 4, 1917) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1891 to 1901. Early life a ...
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Hugh A. Dinsmore Hugh Anderson Dinsmore (December 24, 1850 – May 2, 1930) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as and a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1893 to 1905. He was a vocal opponent ...
(D) : . Robert Neill (D)


California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

: . Thomas J. Geary (D) : .
Anthony Caminetti Anthony Caminetti (July 30, 1854 – November 17, 1923) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a United States representative from California from 1891 to 1895. Biography Born in Jackson, California, Caminetti was the son o ...
(D) : . Samuel G. Hilborn (R), until April 4, 1894 :: Warren B. English (D), from April 4, 1894 : . James G. Maguire (D) : . Eugene F. Loud (R) : .
Marion Cannon Marion Cannon (October 30, 1834 – August 27, 1920) was a United States representative from California. He was born near Morgantown, Virginia (now in West Virginia) where he learned the blacksmith trade as a teenager and left home, carr ...
(P) : . 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 the ...

: . Lafe Pence (P) : . 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 (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...

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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 ...
(D) : . James P. Pigott (D) : . Charles A. Russell (R) : .
Robert E. De Forest Robert Elliott De Forest (February 20, 1845 – October 1, 1924) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th congressional district. He served as the mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1878, and ...
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Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent ...

: . 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 ...

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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 ...
(D) : . 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 ...

: . Rufus E. Lester (D) : . Benjamin E. Russell (D) : . Charles F. Crisp (D) : . Charles L. Moses (D) : . Leonidas F. Livingston (D) : . Thomas B. Cabaniss (D) : . John W. Maddox (D) : .
Thomas G. Lawson Thomas Graves Lawson (May 2, 1835 – April 16, 1912) was a Congressional Representative from Georgia. Early life Born near Eatonton, Georgia, Lawson attended private schools and graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1855. H ...
(D) : . Farish C. Tate (D) : . James C. C. Black (D) : . Henry G. Turner (D)


Idaho Idaho ( ) is a U.S. state, 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 Monta ...

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Willis Sweet Willis Sweet (January 1, 1856 – July 9, 1925) was the first United States Representative elected from Idaho following statehood in 1890. Sweet served as a Republican in the House from 1890 to 1895, representing the state at-large. He vigorousl ...
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Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...

: . J. Frank Aldrich (R) : . Lawrence E. McGann (D) : . Allan C. Durborow Jr. (D) : . Julius Goldzier (D) : .
Albert J. Hopkins Albert Jarvis Hopkins (August 15, 1846August 23, 1922) was a Congressman and U.S. Senator from Illinois. Biography Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois on August 15, 1846. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced in Aurora. He ma ...
(R) : . Robert R. Hitt (R) : . Thomas J. Henderson (R) : . Robert A. Childs (R) : . Hamilton K. Wheeler (R) : .
Philip S. Post Philip Sidney Post (March 19, 1833 – January 6, 1895) was an American diplomat, politician, and decorated Army officer. He served as a United States Representative from Illinois for eight years, from 1887 to 1895. During the American Civil War ...
(R), until January 6, 1895 : . Benjamin F. Marsh (R) : . John J. McDannold (D) : .
William M. Springer William McKendree Springer (May 30, 1836 – December 4, 1903) was a United States Representative from Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan ...
(D) : . Benjamin F. Funk (R) : .
Joseph G. Cannon Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and many consi ...
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George W. Fithian George Washington Fithian (July 4, 1854 – January 21, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Willow Hill, Illinois to Glover Fithian (1818–1861) and Mary Ann Catt, Fithian attended the common schools. Learned the printer' ...
(D) : . Edward Lane (D) : . William S. Forman (D) : . James R. Williams (D) : . George Washington Smith (R) : .
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 : . 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 ...

: . Arthur H. Taylor (D) : . John L. Bretz (D) : . Jason B. Brown (D) : .
William S. Holman William Steele Holman (September 6, 1822 – April 22, 1897) was a lawyer, judge and politician from Dearborn County, Indiana. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1865, 1867 to 1877, 1881 ...
(D) : . George W. Cooper (D) : .
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 ...
(R) : . William D. Bynum (D) : . Elijah V. Brookshire (D) : . Daniel W. Waugh (R) : . Thomas Hammond (D) : .
Augustus N. Martin Augustus Newton Martin (March 23, 1847 – July 11, 1901) was an American lawyer, educator, and veteran of the Civil War who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1889 to 1895. Biography Born near Whitestown, Connoquene ...
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William F. McNagny William Forgy McNagny (April 19, 1850 – August 24, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana. Born in Tallmadge, Ohio, McNagny moved in early life to Whitley County, Indiana. He attended the public schools and Springfield Academy in South W ...
(D) : . Charles G. Conn (D)


Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, 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: Wiscon ...

: . John H. Gear (R) : . Walter I. Hayes (D) : .
David B. Henderson David Bremner Henderson (March 14, 1840 – February 25, 1906), a ten-term Republican congressman from Dubuque, Iowa, was the speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1903. He was the first congressman from west of ...
(R) : . Thomas Updegraff (R) : . Robert G. Cousins (R) : .
John F. Lacey John Fletcher Lacey (May 30, 1841 – September 29, 1913) was an eight-term Republican United States congressman from Iowa's 6th congressional district. He was also the author of the Lacey Act of 1900, which made it a crime to ship illegal ...
(R) : . John A. T. Hull (R) : . William P. Hepburn (R) : . Alva L. Hager (R) : .
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 Int ...
(R) : . George D. Perkins (R)


Kansas Kansas () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its Capital city, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebras ...

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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 ...
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Edward H. Funston Edward Hogue Funston (September 16, 1836 – September 10, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Biography Funston was born near New Carlisle, Ohio on September 16, 1836. He attended the country schools of New Carlisle, Linden Hil ...
(R), until August 2, 1894 :: Horace L. Moore (D), from August 2, 1894 : . Thomas J. Hudson (P) : .
Charles Curtis Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. He had served as the Sena ...
(R) : . John Davis (P) : . William Baker (P) : . Jeremiah Simpson (P) : . 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 ...

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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 ...
(D) : . William T. Ellis (D) : . Isaac H. Goodnight (D) : .
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 ...
(D) : . Asher G. Caruth (D) : . Albert S. Berry (D) : . William C. P. Breckinridge (D) : . James B. McCreary (D) : . Thomas H. Paynter (D), until January 5, 1895 : . Marcus C. Lisle (D), until July 7, 1894 :: William M. Beckner (D), from December 3, 1894 : .
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 ed ...
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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 bord ...

: . Adolph Meyer (D) : . Robert C. Davey (D) : . Andrew Price (D) : . Newton C. Blanchard (D), until March 12, 1894 :: Henry W. Ogden (D), from May 12, 1894 : .
Charles J. Boatner Charles Jahleal Boatner (January 23, 1849 – March 21, 1903) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Louisiana. Born in Columbia, Louisiana, Columbia in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, Boatner completed preparatory st ...
(D) : . Samuel M. Robertson (D)


Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and nor ...

: . Thomas B. Reed (R) : . Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) : .
Seth L. Milliken Seth Llewellyn Milliken (December 12, 1831 – April 18, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Maine. Early life Born in Montville, Maine, the son of William Milliken and Lucy P. Perrigo. Milliken attended the common schools and Waterville Col ...
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Charles A. Boutelle Charles Addison Boutelle (February 9, 1839 – May 21, 1901) was an American seaman, shipmaster, naval officer, Civil War veteran, newspaper editor, publisher, conservative Republican politician, and nine-term Representative to the U.S. Congress f ...
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Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ...

: . Robert F. Brattan (D), until May 10, 1894 :: W. Laird Henry (D), from November 6, 1894 : . J. Frederick C. Talbott (D) : . Henry W. Rusk (D) : .
Isidor Rayner Isidor Rayner (April 11, 1850November 25, 1912) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1905 to 1912. He also represented the Fourth Congressional District of Maryland from 1887 to 1889, and ...
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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 :: Charles E. Coffin (R), from November 6, 1894 : . William M. McKaig (D)


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: . Ashley B. Wright (R) : . Frederick H. Gillett (R) : .
Joseph H. Walker Joseph Henry Walker (December 21, 1829 – April 3, 1907) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Worcester, Massachusetts. Early life He was born in Boston on December 21, 1829. He moved with his parents to Hopkin ...
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Lewis D. Apsley Lewis Dewart Apsley (September 29, 1852 – April 11, 1925) was a businessman and United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Biography Born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Apsley moved with his parents to Lo ...
(R) : . Moses T. Stevens (D) : .
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. Biogra ...
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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 ...
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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 Govern ...
(R) : . Joseph H. O'Neil (D) : . Michael J. McEttrick (ID) : . William F. Draper (R) : . Elijah A. Morse (R) : .
Charles S. Randall Charles Sturtevant Randall (February 20, 1824 – August 17, 1904) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts New Bedford ( Massachusett: ) is a city in Bristol Co ...
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Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...

: . J. Logan Chipman (D), until August 17, 1893 :: Levi T. Griffin (D), from December 4, 1893 : . James S. Gorman (D) : .
Julius C. Burrows Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Early life and education Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania and moved then with his parents to Ashtabu ...
(R), until January 23, 1895 : . Henry F. Thomas (R) : . George F. Richardson (D) : .
David D. Aitken David Demerest Aitken (September 5, 1853 – May 26, 1930) was an American politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan from 1893 to 1897. He also served as mayor of Flint, Michigan. Early life Aitken ...
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Justin R. Whiting Justin Rice Whiting (February 18, 1847 – January 31, 1903) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Whiting was born in Bath (village), New York, Bath, New York, and moved to Michigan in 1849 with his parents, who settled in St. ...
(D) : . William S. Linton (R) : . John W. Moon (R) : . Thomas A. E. Weadock (D) : . John Avery (R) : . Samuel M. Stephenson (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 t ...

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James Albertus Tawney James Albertus Tawney (January 3, 1855 – June 12, 1919) was an American blacksmith, machinist and U.S. politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota. He was the first House Majority Whip, holding tha ...
(R) : . James T. McCleary (R) : .
Osee M. Hall Osee Matson Hall (September 10, 1847 – November 26, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. Born in Conneaut, Ohio, he attended the local public schools and graduated from Hiram College in Ohio and from Williams College, Williamst ...
(D) : . Andrew R. Kiefer (R) : . Loren Fletcher (R) : . Melvin R. Baldwin (D) : . 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 ...

: . John M. Allen (D) : . John C. Kyle (D) : .
Thomas C. Catchings Thomas Clendinen Catchings (January 11, 1847 – December 24, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Early life and education Thomas Clendenin Catchings was born January 11, 1847, at "Fleetwood" in Hinds County, Mississippi, to Dr ...
(D) : . Hernando D. Money (D) : .
John Sharp Williams John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1908 ...
(D) : . Thomas R. Stockdale (D) : . Charles E. Hooker (D)


Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

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William H. Hatch William Henry Hatch (September 11, 1833 – December 23, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. He was the namesake of the Hatch Act of 1887, which established state agricultural experiment stations for the land-grant colleges. Hatch i ...
(D) : . Uriel S. Hall (D) : . Alexander M. Dockery (D) : . Daniel D. Burnes (D) : . John C. Tarsney (D) : . David A. De Armond (D) : . John T. Heard (D) : . Richard P. Bland (D) : .
James Beauchamp Clark James Beauchamp Clark (March 7, 1850March 2, 1921) was an American politician and attorney who represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House from 1911 to 1919. Born in Kentucky, he establis ...
(D) : . Richard Bartholdt (R) : . Charles F. Joy (R), until April 3, 1894 :: John J. O'Neill (D), from April 3, 1894 : . Seth W. Cobb (D) : . Robert W. Fyan (D) : .
Marshall Arnold Marshall Arnold (October 21, 1845 – June 12, 1913) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born at Cook Settlement, near Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Arnold attended the common schools. Professor at Arcadia College in 1870 and ...
(D) : . Charles H. Morgan (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 Columb ...

: . 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 sout ...

: . William J. Bryan (D) : . David H. Mercer (R) : . George D. Meiklejohn (R) : . Eugene J. Hainer (R) : . William A. McKeighan (P) : . 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 ...

: . Francis G. Newlands (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) : . 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 Delawa ...

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Henry C. Loudenslager Henry Clay Loudenslager (May 22, 1852 – August 12, 1911) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 1st congressional district from 1893 to 1911. Biography Loudenslager was born in Mauricetown, New Jerse ...
(R) : . John J. Gardner (R) : . Jacob A. Geissenhainer (D) : . Johnston Cornish (D) : . Cornelius A. Cadmus (D) : . Thomas D. English (D) : . George B. Fielder (D) : .
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 N ...
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New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

: . James W. Covert (D) : . John M. Clancy (D) : . Joseph C. Hendrix (D) : . William J. Coombs (D) : . John H. Graham (D) : . Thomas F. Magner (D) : . Franklin Bartlett (D) : . Edward J. Dunphy (D) : .
Timothy J. Campbell Timothy John Campbell (January 8, 1840 – April 7, 1904) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives during the late 19th Century. Life Born in County Cavan in Ireland (then a ...
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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) : . Amos J. Cummings (D), until November 21, 1894 : . W. Bourke Cockran (D) : . J. De Witt Warner (D) : .
John R. Fellows John R. Fellows (July 29, 1832 – December 7, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician from Arkansas and New York. He served as New York County District Attorney (1888-1890, 1894-1896), and a member of Congress from New York (1891-1893). L ...
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Lemuel E. Quigg Lemuel Ely Quigg (February 12, 1863 – July 1, 1919) was a United States representative from New York. Biography He was born near Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland to a Methodist minister. He attended the public schools of Wilmington, De ...
(R), from January 30, 1894 : . Ashbel P. Fitch (D), until December 26, 1893 :: Isidor Straus (D), from January 30, 1894 : . William Ryan (D) : . Francis Marvin (R) : . Jacob LeFever (R) : . Charles D. Haines (D) : . Charles Tracey (D) : . Simon J. Schermerhorn (D) : . Newton M. Curtis (R) : . John M. Wever (R) : . Charles A. Chickering (R) : . James S. Sherman (R) : . George W. Ray (R) : .
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 the ...
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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 the ...
(R) : . Charles W. Gillet (R) : . James W. Wadsworth (R) : . John Van Voorhis (R) : . Daniel N. Lockwood (D) : . Charles Daniels (R) : . Warren B. Hooker (R)


North Carolina North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United ...

: . William A. B. Branch (D) : . Frederick A. Woodard (D) : . Benjamin F. Grady (D) : . Benjamin H. Bunn (D) : . Thomas Settle III (R) : .
Sydenham B. Alexander Sydenham Benoni Alexander (December 8, 1840June 14, 1921) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1891 and 1895. Early life Alexander, born near Charlotte, North Carolina in 1840, attended preparatory schools in Rocky Ri ...
(D) : . John S. Henderson (D) : . William H. Bower (D) : . William T. Crawford (D)


North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, ...

: . Martin N. Johnson (R)


Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...

: . Bellamy Storer (R) : . John A. Caldwell (R), until May 4, 1894 :: Jacob H. Bromwell (R), from December 3, 1894 : . George W. Houk (D), until February 9, 1894 :: Paul J. Sorg (D), from May 21, 1894 : . Fernando C. Layton (D) : . Dennis D. Donovan (D) : .
George W. Hulick George Washington Hulick (June 29, 1833 – August 13, 1907) was a teacher, lawyer, soldier, judge, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1893 to 1897. Biography Born in Batavia, Ohio, Hulick attended the public schools and grad ...
(R) : . George W. Wilson (R) : . Luther M. Strong (R) : . Byron F. Ritchie (D) : .
William H. Enochs William Henry Enochs (March 29, 1842 – July 13, 1893) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Biography Born near Middleburg, Ohio, Enochs attended the common schools and Ohio University at Athens. When the American Civil War began he enlisted ...
(R), until July 13, 1893 :: Hezekiah S. Bundy (R), from December 4, 1893 : .
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, ...
(R) : . Joseph H. Outhwaite (D) : .
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 e ...
(D) : . Michael D. Harter (D) : . Henry C. Van Voorhis (R) : .
Albert J. Pearson Albert Jackson Pearson (May 20, 1846 – May 15, 1905) was a soldier, attorney, judge, and two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1891 to 1895. He was a veteran of the Civil War. Biography Born in Centerville, Ohio, Pearson moved with ...
(D) : . James A. D. Richards (D) : . George P. Ikirt (D) : . Stephen A. Northway (R) : . William J. White (R) : .
Tom L. Johnson Tom Loftin Johnson (July 18, 1854 – April 10, 1911) was an American industrialist, Georgist politician, and important figure of the Progressive Era and a pioneer in urban political and social reform. He was a U.S. Representative from 1891 to ...
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Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

: . Binger Hermann (R) : . William R. Ellis (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, ...

: . Henry H. Bingham (R) : . Charles O'Neill (R), until November 25, 1893 :: Robert Adams Jr. (R), from December 19, 1893 : .
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 ...
(D) : . John E. Reyburn (R) : .
Alfred C. Harmer Alfred Crout Harmer (August 8, 1825 – March 6, 1900) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Harmer was born in Germantown section of Philadelphia. Began work as a shoe manufacture ...
(R) : . John B. Robinson (R) : . Irving P. Wanger (R) : .
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 attend ...
(D), until June 23, 1893 :: Howard Mutchler (D), from August 7, 1893 : . Constantine J. Erdman (D) : .
Marriott Brosius Marriott Henry Brosius (March 7, 1843 – March 16, 1901) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Education and military service Marriott Brosius was born in Colerain Township, Lancaster County, Penns ...
(R) : . Joseph A. Scranton (R) : . William H. Hines (D) : . James B. Reilly (D) : . Ephraim M. Woomer (R) : . Myron B. Wright (R), until November 13, 1894 ::
Edwin J. Jorden Edwin James Jorden (August 30, 1863 – September 7, 1903) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Edwin J. Jorden was born in Spring Hill, near Towanda, Pennsylvania. He attended the common s ...
(R), from February 23, 1895 : . Albert C. Hopkins (R) : . Simon P. Wolverton (D) : . Thaddeus M. Mahon (R) : . Frank E. Beltzhoover (D) : . Josiah D. Hicks (R) : . Daniel B. Heiner (R) : .
John Dalzell John Dalzell (April 19, 1845 – October 2, 1927) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887–1913. During the presidency of Th ...
(R) : . William A. Stone (R) : . William A. Sipe (D) : . Thomas W. Phillips (R) : . Joseph C. Sibley (D) : . Charles W. Stone (R) : . George F. Kribbs (D) : . Alexander McDowell (R) : .
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 :: 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 Oscar Lapham (June 29, 1837 – March 29, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Rhode Island. He served as a member of the Rhode Island Senate and the United States House of Representatives. Early life Lapham ...
(D) : . Charles H. Page (D), from April 5, 1893


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

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William H. Brawley William Hiram Brawley (incorrectly reported in some works as William Huggins Brawley; May 13, 1841 – November 15, 1916) was a United States representative from South Carolina and later a United States district judge of the United States Distr ...
(D), until February 12, 1894 :: James F. Izlar (D), from April 12, 1894 : . William J. Talbert (D) : . Asbury C. Latimer (D) : . George W. Shell (D) : . Thomas J. Strait (D) : .
John L. McLaurin John Lowndes McLaurin (May 9, 1860 – July 29, 1934) was a United States representative and United States Senate, Senator from South Carolina. He was born in Red Bluff, South Carolina, in Marlboro County, South Carolina and attended schools ...
(D) : . George W. Murray (R)


South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large po ...

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 (R) : . John A. Pickler (R)


Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...

: . 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 (D) : . Benton McMillin (D) : .
James D. Richardson James Daniel Richardson (March 10, 1843 – July 24, 1914) was an American politician and a Democrat from Tennessee for Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 through 1905. Early life and e ...
(D) : . Joseph E. Washington (D) : .
Nicholas N. Cox Nicholas Nichols Cox (January 6, 1837 – May 2, 1912) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 7th congressional district. Biography Cox was born in Bedford County, Tennessee o ...
(D) : . Benjamin A. Enloe (D) : .
James C. McDearmon James Calvin McDearmon (June 13, 1844 – July 19, 1902) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 9th congressional district, 9th congressional district of Tennessee. Biography ...
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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, ...
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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

: . Joseph C. Hutcheson (D) : . Samuel B. Cooper (D) : . Constantine B. Kilgore (D) : . David B. Culberson (D) : . Joseph W. Bailey (D) : . Joseph Abbott (D) : . George C. Pendleton (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 (D) : . Thomas M. Paschal (D) : . Jeremiah V. Cockrell (D)


Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, 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 (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...

: . H. Henry Powers (R) : . William W. Grout (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 are ...

: . William A. Jones (D) : . D. Gardiner Tyler (D) : . George D. Wise (D) : . James F. Epes (D) : . Claude A. Swanson (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 United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Virginia. E ...
(D) : . Charles T. O'Ferrall (D), until December 28, 1893 :: Smith S. Turner (D), from January 30, 1894 : . Elisha E. Meredith (D) : . James W. Marshall (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 fam ...
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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 ...

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John O. Pendleton John Overton Pendleton (July 4, 1851 – December 24, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from West Virginia. Biography Pendleton was born in Wellsburg, West Virginia (then part of Virginia), the son of Confederate veteran Joseph H. Pendleton and Mar ...
(D) : . 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 ...

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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 (D) : .
Joseph W. Babcock Joseph Weeks Babcock (March 6, 1850 – April 27, 1909) was a seven-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin. Born in Swanton, Vermont. Babcock was the grandson of Joseph Weeks, a Congressman from Ver ...
(R) : . Peter J. Somers (D), from August 27, 1893 : . George H. Brickner (D) : . Owen A. Wells (D) : . George B. Shaw (R), until August 27, 1894 :: Michael Griffin (R), from November 5, 1894 : . Lyman E. Barnes (D) : . Thomas Lynch (D) : . Nils P. Haugen (R)


Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the 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 southwest, and Colorado to t ...

: . 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: 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: 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; Ranking Member: James McMillan) * Appropriations (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: William B. Allison) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Johnson N. Camden; 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 ...
; Ranking Member: George F. Hoar) *
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 inc ...
(Chairman: David Turpie; Ranking Member: John P. Jones) * Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Thomas J. Jarvis; 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 ri ...
(Chairman: Samuel Pasco; Ranking Member: John H. Mitchell) * Coast Defenses (Chairman: John B. Gordon; Ranking Member: Watson C. Squire) *
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, natio ...
(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) * 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 (Washington, D.C.), Logan Circle, Jefferson Memoria ...
(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) * Education and Labor (Chairman: James H. Kyle; Ranking Member: Joseph M. Carey) * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: John Martin) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Donelson Caffery; 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 disenfranchise ...
) * 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) * Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: William A. Peffer; 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 f ...
(Chairman:
Daniel W. Voorhees Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (September 26, 1827April 10, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897. He was the leader of the Democratic Party and an anti-war Copperhead during th ...
; 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, ...
(Chairman: Richard Coke; 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 wh ...
) * Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: Samuel Pasco) * 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 m ...
(Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; 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 o ...
(Select) (Chairman: Anselm J. McLaurin; Ranking Member: Edward O. Wolcott) *
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, ...
(Chairman: David B. Hill; 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 " ...
) * Indian Affairs (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 m ...
) * Indian Depredations (Chairman: William Lindsay; Ranking Member:
George L. Shoup George Laird Shoup (June 15, 1836December 21, 1904) was an American politician who served as the first governor of Idaho, in addition to its last territorial governor. He served several months after statehood in 1890 and then became one of the s ...
) *
Interstate Commerce The Commerce Clause describes an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution ( Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and amo ...
(Chairman:
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 Stephen Mallory White (January 19, 1853February 21, 1901) was an American attorney and politician from California. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service as a U.S. Senator from 1893 to 1899. A native of San Francisco, White graduate ...
; Ranking Member: William M. Stewart) *
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 vi ...
(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 ...
; Ranking Member: Edward O. Wolcott) * Manufactures (Chairman: Charles H. Gibson; Ranking Member: Anthony Higgins) * Military Affairs (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) * Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: John P. Jones) * Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Newton C. Blanchard; Ranking Member:
William D. Washburn William Drew "W.D." Washburn, Sr. (January 14, 1831 – July 29, 1912) was an American politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate as a Republican from Minnesota. Three of his seven ...
) * National Banks (Select) (Chairman: John L. Mitchell; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron) * Naval Affairs (Chairman:
John R. McPherson John RhodericIn a letter dated March 4, 1887, McPherson states that the "R" in his name is "nothing except a designation" and does not stand for Rhoderic. McPherson (May 9, 1833October 8, 1897) was an American businessman, inventor, and Democr ...
; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron) * 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 James Falconer "Jefferson Jim" Wilson (October 19, 1828April 22, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a Republican U.S. Congressman from Iowa's 1st congressional district during the American Civil War, and later as a two- ...
) * 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 Nati ...
; Ranking Member: Cushman K. Davis) *
Patents A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...
(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 an ...
; Ranking Member: Nathan F. Dixon) *
Pensions A pension (, from Latin ''pensiō'', "payment") is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments ...
(Chairman: John M. Palmer; Ranking Member:
George L. Shoup George Laird Shoup (June 15, 1836December 21, 1904) was an American politician who served as the first governor of Idaho, in addition to its last territorial governor. He served several months after statehood in 1890 and then became one of the s ...
) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: William F. Vilas; Ranking Member: John H. Mitchell) * Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman:
John R. McPherson John RhodericIn a letter dated March 4, 1887, McPherson states that the "R" in his name is "nothing except a designation" and does not stand for Rhoderic. McPherson (May 9, 1833October 8, 1897) was an American businessman, inventor, and Democr ...
) *
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 ...
(Chairman:
Arthur P. Gorman Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorman ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles F. Manderson Charles Frederick Manderson (February 9, 1837September 28, 1911) was a United States senator from Nebraska from 1883 to 1895. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended school there and then moved to Canton, Ohio, in 1856, where h ...
) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member:
Alfred H. Colquitt Alfred Holt Colquitt (April 20, 1824March 26, 1894) was an American lawyer, preacher, soldier, and politician. Elected as the 49th Governor of Georgia (1877–1882), he was one of numerous Democrats elected to office as white conservatives too ...
) * Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George Gray; Ranking Member: George F. Hoar) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: N/A) * Public Distress (Select) * Public Lands (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 McFe ...
; Ranking Member: Joseph N. Dolph) * 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 tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
(Chairman: John Martin; Ranking Member: Joseph R. Hawley) * Revision of the Laws (Chairman:
John W. Daniel John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assemb ...
; Ranking Member:
James F. Wilson James Falconer "Jefferson Jim" Wilson (October 19, 1828April 22, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a Republican U.S. Congressman from Iowa's 1st congressional district during the American Civil War, and later as a two- ...
) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: Richard Coke) *
Rules Rule or ruling may refer to: Education * Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), a university in Cambodia Human activity * The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power * Business rule, a rule pert ...
(Chairman: Joseph C.S. Blackburn; Ranking Member: Nelson W. Aldrich) * Tariff Regulation (Select) *
Territories A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...
(Chairman:
Charles J. Faulkner Charles James Faulkner (July 6, 1806 – November 1, 1884) was a politician, planter, and lawyer from Berkeley County, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia) who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and as a U.S. Congressman. ...
; 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 m ...
) * 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 m ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: John L.M. Irby; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Chairman: William N. Roach; Ranking Member: Anthony Higgins) * Whole * Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: James Z. George)


House of Representatives

* Accounts (Chairman:
Harry Welles Rusk Harry Welles Rusk (October 17, 1852 – January 28, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from the third district of Maryland. He was also the president of the Kennard Novelty Company in Baltimore. This was the first company to commercially sell o ...
; Ranking Member: Owen A. Wells) *
Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people ...
(Chairman:
William H. Hatch William Henry Hatch (September 11, 1833 – December 23, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. He was the namesake of the Hatch Act of 1887, which established state agricultural experiment stations for the land-grant colleges. Hatch i ...
; Ranking Member: John S. Williams) * Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman:
Thomas Dunn English Thomas Dunn English (June 29, 1819 – April 1, 1902) was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the state's 6th congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1891 to 1895. He was also a published ...
; Ranking Member: Michael J. McEttrick) * 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) * Banking and Currency (Chairman:
William M. Springer William McKendree Springer (May 30, 1836 – December 4, 1903) was a United States Representative from Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan ...
; Ranking Member: James R. Williams) *
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 ri ...
(Chairman: Benjamin H. Bunn; Ranking Member: Thomas Hammond) * Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Richard P. Bland; Ranking Member: Henry A. Coffeen) * Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: John S. Henderson; Ranking Member: John A. Caldwell) *
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 (Washington, D.C.), Logan Circle, Jefferson Memoria ...
(Chairman: John T. Heard; Ranking Member: Charles M. Cooper) *
Education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...
(Chairman: Benjamin A. Enloe; Ranking Member: Charles D. Haines) * Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Henry St. George Tucker; Ranking Member: Jesse F. Stallings) *
Elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...
(Chairman: Jason B. Brown; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
Albert J. Pearson Albert Jackson Pearson (May 20, 1846 – May 15, 1905) was a soldier, attorney, judge, and two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1891 to 1895. He was a veteran of the Civil War. Biography Born in Centerville, Ohio, Pearson moved with ...
; Ranking Member: Alva L. Hager) * 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 United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Virginia. E ...
; Ranking Member:
Omer Madison Kem Omer Madison Kem (November 13, 1855 – February 13, 1942) was an American Populist Party politician. Early life Omer Madison Kem was born in Hagerstown, Indiana on November 13, 1855. Career He moved to Custer County, Nebraska in 1882 and ...
) * Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: William W. Grout) * Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Richard D. Dunphy; Ranking Member: Byron F. Ritchie) * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Benton McMillin; 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 ...
) * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: James A.D. Richards; Ranking Member: Ashley B. Wright) * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Rufus E. Lester; Ranking Member: Charles W. Stone) * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Charles Barwig; Ranking Member: William A. Stone) * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:
Alexander B. Montgomery Alexander Brooks Montgomery (December 11, 1837 – December 27, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born near Tip Top, Kentucky, Montgomery attended the common and private schools. He was graduated from Georgetown (Kentucky) Colle ...
; Ranking Member: Robert R. Hitt) * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: William H. Crain; Ranking Member: John W. Moon) *
Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and ...
(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 ...
) * Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Jacob A. Geissenhainer; Ranking Member: James G. Maguire) * Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: George W. Cooper; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands) *
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:
William S. Holman William Steele Holman (September 6, 1822 – April 22, 1897) was a lawyer, judge and politician from Dearborn County, Indiana. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1865, 1867 to 1877, 1881 ...
; Ranking Member: William H. Bower) * Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: George D. Wise; Ranking Member:
William H. Brawley William Hiram Brawley (incorrectly reported in some works as William Huggins Brawley; May 13, 1841 – November 15, 1916) was a United States representative from South Carolina and later a United States district judge of the United States Distr ...
) * Invalid Pensions (Chairman:
Augustus N. Martin Augustus Newton Martin (March 23, 1847 – July 11, 1901) was an American lawyer, educator, and veteran of the Civil War who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1889 to 1895. Biography Born near Whitestown, Connoquene ...
; Ranking Member: George B. Fielder) *
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: David B. Culberson; Ranking Member:
Joseph W. Bailey Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr. (October 6, 1862April 13, 1929), was a United States senator, United States Representative, lawyer, and Bourbon Democrat who was famous for his speeches extolling conservative causes, such as opposition to woman suffrag ...
) *
Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the la ...
(Chairman: Lawrence E. McGann; Ranking Member: Lafe Pence) * Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: John M. Allen; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) *
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: Franklin Bartlett; Ranking Member: Charles O'Neill) * United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Charles H. Page; Ranking Member: Johnston Cornish) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman:
George W. Fithian George Washington Fithian (July 4, 1854 – January 21, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Willow Hill, Illinois to Glover Fithian (1818–1861) and Mary Ann Catt, Fithian attended the common schools. Learned the printer' ...
; Ranking Member: Johnston Cornish) * United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman: Thomas Lynch; Ranking Member: George C. Pendleton) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph H. Outhwaite; Ranking Member: Charles H. Morgan) * United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman: Adolph Meyer; 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) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: James W. Covert; Ranking Member: Robert Neill) * United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Charles L. Moses; 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) * United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
James D. Richardson James Daniel Richardson (March 10, 1843 – July 24, 1914) was an American politician and a Democrat from Tennessee for Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 through 1905. Early life and e ...
; 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) * 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 Marion Cannon (October 30, 1834 – August 27, 1920) was a United States representative from California. He was born near Morgantown, Virginia (now in West Virginia) where he learned the blacksmith trade as a teenager and left home, carr ...
) * United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Robert E. De Forest Robert Elliott De Forest (February 20, 1845 – October 1, 1924) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th congressional district. He served as the mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1878, and ...
; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Taylor) * 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 Thomas Clendinen Catchings (January 11, 1847 – December 24, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Early life and education Thomas Clendenin Catchings was born January 11, 1847, at "Fleetwood" in Hinds County, Mississippi, to Dr ...
; 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 Joseph Henry Walker (December 21, 1829 – April 3, 1907) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Worcester, Massachusetts. Early life He was born in Boston on December 21, 1829. He moved with his parents to Hopkin ...
) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Frank E. Beltzhoover; Ranking Member: Byron F. Ritchie) * 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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