57th United States Congress

57th United States Congress
56th ← → 58th
United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903
Members	90 senators 357 representatives 5 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Republican
Senate President	Theodore Roosevelt (R) (until September 14, 1901) Vacant (from September 14, 1901)
House Majority	Republican
House Speaker	David B. Henderson (R)
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1901 – March 9, 1901 1st: December 2, 1901 – July 1, 1902 2nd: December 1, 1902 – March 3, 1903

The 57th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1901, to March 4, 1903, during the final six months of U.S. President William McKinley's presidency, and the first year and a half of the first administration of his successor, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eleventh Census of the United States in 1890. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events[]

• September 6, 1901: Leon Czolgosz shot President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York
• September 14, 1901: President William McKinley died. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States
• October 16, 1901: President Roosevelt invited African American leader Booker T. Washington to the White House. The American South reacted angrily to the visit, and racial violence increased in the region.
• December 3, 1901: President Roosevelt delivered a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives, asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits."
• February 22, 1902: Senators Benjamin Tillman and John L. McLaurin, both of South Carolina, have a fist fight while Congress is in session.^[1] Both Tillman and McLaurin were later censured by the Senate on February 28.
• June 2, 1902: The Anthracite Coal Strike by the United Mine Workers began, continuing until October 21, 1902.
• July 4, 1902: The Philippine–American War ended.

Major legislation[]

• June 17, 1902: Newlands Reclamation Act
• June 28, 1902: (Panama Canal), Sess. 1, ch. 1302, 32 Stat. 481
• January 21, 1903: Militia Act of 1903 (Dick Act), 32 Stat. 775
• February 11, 1903: Expediting Act, Sess. 2, ch. 544, 32 Stat. 823
• February 19, 1903: Elkins Act
• March 3, 1903: Immigration Act of 1903, including §39, the Anarchist Exclusion Act

Party summary[]

Senate[]

• Note: Fred T. Dubois (Idaho) was elected as a Silver Republican, but changed parties to Democratic after this Congress began.

House of Representatives[]

Leadership[]

President of the Senate
Theodore Roosevelt

Senate[]

• President: Theodore Roosevelt (R), until September 14, 1901; vacant thereafter.
• President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: James K. Jones
• Republican Conference Chairman: William B. Allison

House of Representatives[]

• Speaker: David B. Henderson (R)
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: James Hay
• Republican Conference Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon
• Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock

Majority (Republican) leadership[]

• Majority Leader: Sereno E. Payne
• Majority Whip: James A. Tawney

Minority (Democratic) leadership[]

• Minority Leader: James D. Richardson
• Minority Whip: James T. Lloyd

Members[]

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.

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Senate[]

At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. The Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, precede the names in the list below. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1904; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1906; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1902.

Alabama[] ▌2. John T. Morgan (D) ▌3. Edmund W. Pettus (D) Arkansas[] ▌2. James H. Berry (D) ▌3. James K. Jones (D) California[] ▌1. Thomas R. Bard (R) ▌3. George C. Perkins (R) Colorado[] ▌2. Thomas M. Patterson (D) ▌3. Henry M. Teller (SR) Connecticut[] ▌1. Joseph R. Hawley (R) ▌3. Orville H. Platt (R) Delaware[] ▌1. L. Heisler Ball (R), from March 2, 1903 ▌2. J. Frank Allee (R), from March 2, 1903 Florida[] ▌1. James P. Taliaferro (D) ▌3. Stephen Mallory (D) Georgia[] ▌2. Augustus O. Bacon (D) ▌3. Alexander S. Clay (D) Idaho[] ▌2. Fred T. Dubois (D) ▌3. Henry Heitfeld (P) Illinois[] ▌2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) ▌3. William E. Mason (R) Indiana[] ▌1. Albert J. Beveridge (R) ▌3. Charles W. Fairbanks (R) Iowa[] ▌2. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R) ▌3. William B. Allison (R) Kansas[] ▌2. Joseph R. Burton (R) ▌3. William A. Harris (P) Kentucky[] ▌2. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D) ▌3. William J. Deboe (R) Louisiana[] ▌2. Murphy J. Foster (D) ▌3. Samuel D. McEnery (D) Maine[] ▌1. Eugene Hale (R) ▌2. William P. Frye (R) Maryland[] ▌1. Louis E. McComas (R) ▌3. George L. Wellington (R) Massachusetts[] ▌1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R) ▌2. George Frisbie Hoar (R) Michigan[] ▌1. Julius C. Burrows (R) ▌2. James McMillan (R), until August 10, 1902 ▌Russell A. Alger (R), from September 27, 1902 Minnesota[] ▌1. Moses E. Clapp (R) ▌2. Knute Nelson (R) Mississippi[] ▌1. Hernando D. Money (D) ▌2. Anselm J. McLaurin (D) Missouri[] ▌1. Francis M. Cockrell (D) ▌3. George G. Vest (D) Montana[] ▌1. Paris Gibson (D), from March 7, 1901 ▌2. William A. Clark (D)

Nebraska[] ▌1. William V. Allen (P), until March 28, 1901 ▌Charles H. Dietrich (R), from March 28, 1901 ▌2. Joseph H. Millard (R), from March 28, 1901 Nevada[] ▌1. William M. Stewart (R) ▌3. John P. Jones (R) New Hampshire[] ▌2. Henry E. Burnham (R) ▌3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R) New Jersey[] ▌1. John Kean (R) ▌2. William J. Sewell (R), until December 27, 1901 ▌John F. Dryden (R), from January 29, 1902 New York[] ▌1. Chauncey M. Depew (R) ▌3. Thomas C. Platt (R) North Carolina[] ▌2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D) ▌3. Jeter C. Pritchard (R) North Dakota[] ▌1. Porter J. McCumber (R) ▌3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R) Ohio[] ▌1. Marcus A. Hanna (R) ▌3. Joseph B. Foraker (R) Oregon[] ▌2. John H. Mitchell (R) ▌3. Joseph Simon (R) Pennsylvania[] ▌1. Matthew S. Quay (R) ▌3. Boies Penrose (R) Rhode Island[] ▌1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R) ▌2. George P. Wetmore (R) South Carolina[] ▌2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D) ▌3. John L. McLaurin (D) South Dakota[] ▌2. Robert J. Gamble (R) ▌3. James H. Kyle (R), until July 1, 1901 ▌Alfred B. Kittredge (R), from July 11, 1901 Tennessee[] ▌1. William B. Bate (D) ▌2. Edward W. Carmack (D) Texas[] ▌1. Charles A. Culberson (D) ▌2. Joseph W. Bailey (D) Utah[] ▌1. Thomas Kearns (R) ▌3. Joseph L. Rawlins (D) Vermont[] ▌1. Redfield Proctor (R) ▌3. William P. Dillingham (R) Virginia[] ▌1. John W. Daniel (D) ▌2. Thomas S. Martin (D) Washington[] ▌1. Addison G. Foster (R) ▌3. George Turner (SR) West Virginia[] ▌1. Nathan B. Scott (R) ▌2. Stephen B. Elkins (R) Wisconsin[] ▌1. Joseph V. Quarles (R) ▌3. John C. Spooner (R) Wyoming[] ▌1. Clarence D. Clark (R) ▌2. Francis E. Warren (R)

Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 57th Congress in March 1901. The green stripes represent Populists, while the gray stripes represent Silver Republicans.   2 Democrats   1 Democrat and 1 Republican   2 Republicans   Territories

House of Representatives[]

Alabama[] ▌1. George W. Taylor (D) ▌2. Ariosto A. Wiley (D) ▌3. Henry D. Clayton (D) ▌4. Sydney J. Bowie (D) ▌5. Charles Winston Thompson (D) ▌6. John H. Bankhead (D) ▌7. John L. Burnett (D) ▌8. William N. Richardson (D) ▌9. Oscar W. Underwood (D) Arkansas[] ▌1. Philip D. McCulloch Jr. (D) ▌2. John S. Little (D) ▌3. Thomas C. McRae (D) ▌4. Charles C. Reid (D) ▌5. Hugh A. Dinsmore (D) ▌6. Stephen Brundidge Jr. (D) California[] ▌1. (R) ▌2. Samuel D. Woods (R) ▌3. Victor H. Metcalf (R) ▌4. Julius Kahn (R) ▌5. Eugene F. Loud (R) ▌6. James McLachlan (R) ▌7. James C. Needham (R) Colorado[] ▌1. John F. Shafroth (SR) ▌2. John Calhoun Bell (P) Connecticut[] ▌1. E. Stevens Henry (R) ▌2. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R) ▌3. Charles A. Russell (R), until October 23, 1902 ▌Frank Bosworth Brandegee (R), from November 4, 1902 ▌4. Ebenezer J. Hill (R) Delaware[] ▌At-large. L. Heisler Ball (R) Florida[] ▌1. Stephen M. Sparkman (D) ▌2. Robert W. Davis (D) Georgia[] ▌1. Rufus E. Lester (D) ▌2. James M. Griggs (D) ▌3. Elijah B. Lewis (D) ▌4. William C. Adamson (D) ▌5. Leonidas F. Livingston (D) ▌6. Charles L. Bartlett (D) ▌7. John W. Maddox (D) ▌8. William M. Howard (D) ▌9. Farish C. Tate (D) ▌10. William H. Fleming (D) ▌11. William G. Brantley (D) Idaho[] ▌At-large. Thomas L. Glenn (P) Illinois[] ▌1. James R. Mann (R) ▌2. John J. Feely (D) ▌3. George P. Foster (D) ▌4. James McAndrews (D) ▌5. William Frank Mahoney (D) ▌6. Henry S. Boutell (R) ▌7. George E. Foss (R) ▌8. Albert J. Hopkins (R) ▌9. Robert R. Hitt (R) ▌10. George W. Prince (R) ▌11. Walter Reeves (R) ▌12. Joseph G. Cannon (R) ▌13. Vespasian Warner (R) ▌14. Joseph V. Graff (R) ▌15. J. Ross Mickey (D) ▌16. Thomas J. Selby (D) ▌17. Ben F. Caldwell (D) ▌18. Thomas M. Jett (D) ▌19. Joseph B. Crowley (D) ▌20. James R. Williams (D) ▌21. Fred J. Kern (D) ▌22. George W. Smith (R) Indiana[] ▌1. James A. Hemenway (R) ▌2. Robert W. Miers (D) ▌3. William T. Zenor (D) ▌4. Francis M. Griffith (D) ▌5. Elias S. Holliday (R) ▌6. James E. Watson (R) ▌7. Jesse Overstreet (R) ▌8. George W. Cromer (R) ▌9. Charles B. Landis (R) ▌10. Edgar D. Crumpacker (R) ▌11. George W. Steele (R) ▌12. James M. Robinson (D) ▌13. Abraham L. Brick (R) Iowa[] ▌1. Thomas Hedge (R) ▌2. John N. W. Rumple (R), until January 31, 1903 ▌3. David B. Henderson (R) ▌4. Gilbert N. Haugen (R) ▌5. Robert G. Cousins (R) ▌6. John F. Lacey (R) ▌7. John A. T. Hull (R) ▌8. William P. Hepburn (R) ▌9. Walter I. Smith (R) ▌10. James P. Conner (R) ▌11. Lot Thomas (R) Kansas[] ▌At-large. Charles Frederick Scott (R) ▌1. Charles Curtis (R) ▌2. Justin De Witt Bowersock (R) ▌3. Alfred Metcalf Jackson (D) ▌4. James Monroe Miller (R) ▌5. William A. Calderhead (R) ▌6. William A. Reeder (R) ▌7. Chester I. Long (R), until March 4, 1903 Kentucky[] ▌1. Charles K. Wheeler (D) ▌2. Henry Dixon Allen (D) ▌3. John S. Rhea (D), until March 25, 1902 ▌J. McKenzie Moss (R), from March 25, 1902 ▌4. David Highbaugh Smith (D) ▌5. Harvey Samuel Irwin (R) ▌6. Daniel Linn Gooch (D) ▌7. South Trimble (D) ▌8. George G. Gilbert (D) ▌9. James Nicholas Kehoe (D) ▌10. James Bramford White (D) ▌11. Vincent Boreing (R) Louisiana[] ▌1. Adolph Meyer (D) ▌2. Robert C. Davey (D) ▌3. Robert F. Broussard (D) ▌4. Phanor Breazeale (D) ▌5. Joseph E. Ransdell (D) ▌6. Samuel M. Robertson (D) Maine[] ▌1. Amos L. Allen (R) ▌2. Charles E. Littlefield (R) ▌3. Edwin C. Burleigh (R) ▌4. Llewellyn Powers (R), from April 8, 1901 Maryland[] ▌1. William Humphreys Jackson (R) ▌2. Albert Blakeney (R) ▌3. Frank C. Wachter (R) ▌4. Charles R. Schirm (R) ▌5. Sydney E. Mudd (R) ▌6. George A. Pearre (R) Massachusetts[] ▌1. George P. Lawrence (R) ▌2. Frederick H. Gillett (R) ▌3. John R. Thayer (D) ▌4. Charles Q. Tirrell (R) ▌5. William S. Knox (R) ▌6. William H. Moody (R), until May 1, 1902 ▌Augustus P. Gardner (R), from November 4, 1902 ▌7. Ernest W. Roberts (R) ▌8. Samuel W. McCall (R) ▌9. Joseph A. Conry (D) ▌10. Henry F. Naphen (D) ▌11. Samuel L. Powers (R) ▌12. William C. Lovering (R) ▌13. William S. Greene (R) Michigan[] ▌1. John B. Corliss (R) ▌2. Henry C. Smith (R) ▌3. Washington Gardner (R) ▌4. Edward L. Hamilton (R) ▌5. William Alden Smith (R) ▌6. Samuel W. Smith (R) ▌7. Edgar Weeks (R) ▌8. Joseph W. Fordney (R) ▌9. Roswell P. Bishop (R) ▌10. Rousseau O. Crump (R), until May 1, 1901 ▌Henry H. Aplin (R), from October 15, 1901 ▌11. Archibald B. Darragh (R) ▌12. Carlos D. Shelden (R) Minnesota[] ▌1. James A. Tawney (R) ▌2. James T. McCleary (R) ▌3. Joel P. Heatwole (R) ▌4. Frederick C. Stevens (R) ▌5. Loren Fletcher (R) ▌6. R. Page W. Morris (R) ▌7. Frank M. Eddy (R) Mississippi[] ▌1. Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D) ▌2. Thomas Spight (D) ▌3. Patrick Stevens Henry (D) ▌4. Andrew F. Fox (D) ▌5. John Sharp Williams (D) ▌6. Frank A. McLain (D) ▌7. Charles E. Hooker (D) Missouri[] ▌1. James T. Lloyd (D) ▌2. William W. Rucker (D) ▌3. John Dougherty (D) ▌4. Charles F. Cochran (D) ▌5. William S. Cowherd (D) ▌6. David A. De Armond (D) ▌7. James Cooney (D) ▌8. Dorsey W. Shackleford (D) ▌9. James Beauchamp Clark (D) ▌10. Richard Bartholdt (R) ▌11. Charles F. Joy (R) ▌12. James Joseph Butler (D), until June 28, 1902, then November 4, 1902 – February 26, 1903 ▌George Wagoner (R), from February 26, 1903 ▌13. Edward Robb (D) ▌14. Willard D. Vandiver (D) ▌15. Maecenas E. Benton (D) Montana[] ▌At-large. Caldwell Edwards (P) Nebraska[] ▌1. Elmer J. Burkett (R) ▌2. David H. Mercer (R) ▌3. John S. Robinson (D) ▌4. William L. Stark (P) ▌5. Ashton C. Shallenberger (D) ▌6. William Neville (P) Nevada[] ▌At-large. Francis G. Newlands (D) New Hampshire[] ▌1. Cyrus A. Sulloway (R) ▌2. Frank Dunklee Currier (R)

New Jersey[] ▌1. Henry C. Loudenslager (R) ▌2. John J. Gardner (R) ▌3. Benjamin F. Howell (R) ▌4. Joshua S. Salmon (D), until May 6, 1902 ▌De Witt C. Flanagan (D), from June 18, 1902 ▌5. James F. Stewart (R) ▌6. Richard W. Parker (R) ▌7. Allan L. McDermott (D) ▌8. Charles N. Fowler (R) New York[] ▌1. Frederic Storm (R) ▌2. John J. Fitzgerald (D) ▌3. Henry Bristow (R) ▌4. Harry A. Hanbury (R) ▌5. Frank E. Wilson (D) ▌6. George H. Lindsay (D) ▌7. Nicholas Muller (D), until November 22, 1901 ▌Montague Lessler (R), from January 7, 1902 ▌8. Thomas J. Creamer (D) ▌9. Henry M. Goldfogle (D) ▌10. Amos J. Cummings (D), until May 2, 1902 ▌Edward Swann (D), from November 4, 1902 ▌11. William Sulzer (D) ▌12. George B. McClellan Jr. (D) ▌13. Oliver Belmont (D) ▌14. William H. Douglas (R) ▌15. Jacob Ruppert (D) ▌16. Cornelius A. Pugsley (D) ▌17. Arthur S. Tompkins (R) ▌18. John H. Ketcham (R) ▌19. William Henry Draper (R) ▌20. George N. Southwick (R) ▌21. John Knox Stewart (R) ▌22. Lucius N. Littauer (R) ▌23. Louis W. Emerson (R) ▌24. Charles L. Knapp (R), from November 5, 1901 ▌25. James S. Sherman (R) ▌26. George W. Ray (R), until September 11, 1902 ▌John W. Dwight (R), from November 4, 1902 ▌27. Michael E. Driscoll (R) ▌28. Sereno E. Payne (R) ▌29. Charles W. Gillet (R) ▌30. James Wolcott Wadsworth (R) ▌31. James B. Perkins (R) ▌32. William H. Ryan (D) ▌33. De Alva S. Alexander (R) ▌34. Edward B. Vreeland (R) North Carolina[] ▌1. John Humphrey Small (D) ▌2. Claude Kitchin (D) ▌3. Charles R. Thomas (D) ▌4. Edward W. Pou (D) ▌5. William W. Kitchin (D) ▌6. John D. Bellamy (D) ▌7. Theodore F. Kluttz (D) ▌8. E. Spencer Blackburn (R) ▌9. James M. Moody (R), until February 5, 1903 North Dakota[] ▌At-large. Thomas Frank Marshall (R) Ohio[] ▌1. William B. Shattuc (R) ▌2. Jacob H. Bromwell (R) ▌3. Robert M. Nevin (R) ▌4. Robert B. Gordon (D) ▌5. John S. Snook (D) ▌6. Charles Q. Hildebrant (R) ▌7. Thomas B. Kyle (R) ▌8. William R. Warnock (R) ▌9. James H. Southard (R) ▌10. Stephen Morgan (R) ▌11. Charles H. Grosvenor (R) ▌12. Emmett Tompkins (R) ▌13. James A. Norton (D) ▌14. William W. Skiles (R) ▌15. Henry C. Van Voorhis (R) ▌16. John J. Gill (R) ▌17. John W. Cassingham (D) ▌18. Robert W. Tayler (R) ▌19. Charles W. F. Dick (R) ▌20. Jacob A. Beidler (R) ▌21. Theodore E. Burton (R) Oregon[] ▌1. Thomas H. Tongue (R), until January 11, 1903 ▌2. Malcolm A. Moody (R) Pennsylvania[] ▌At-large. Galusha A. Grow (R) ▌At-large. Robert H. Foerderer (R) ▌1. Henry H. Bingham (R) ▌2. Robert Adams Jr. (R) ▌3. Henry Burk (R) ▌4. James R. Young (R) ▌5. Edward D. Morrell (R) ▌6. Thomas S. Butler (R) ▌7. Irving P. Wanger (R) ▌8. Howard Mutchler (D) ▌9. Henry D. Green (D) ▌10. Marriott Brosius (R), until March 16, 1901 ▌Henry Burd Cassel (R), from November 5, 1901 ▌11. William Connell (R) ▌12. Henry W. Palmer (R) ▌13. George R. Patterson (R) ▌14. Marlin E. Olmsted (R) ▌15. Charles F. Wright (R) ▌16. Elias Deemer (R) ▌17. Rufus K. Polk (D), until March 5, 1902 ▌Alexander Billmeyer (D), from November 4, 1902 ▌18. Thaddeus M. Mahon (R) ▌19. Robert Jacob Lewis (R) ▌20. Alvin Evans (R) ▌21. Summers M. Jack (R) ▌22. John Dalzell (R) ▌23. William H. Graham (R) ▌24. Ernest F. Acheson (R) ▌25. Joseph B. Showalter (R) ▌26. Arthur L. Bates (R) ▌27. Joseph C. Sibley (R) ▌28. James K.P. Hall (D), until November 29, 1902 Rhode Island[] ▌1. Melville Bull (R) ▌2. Adin B. Capron (R) South Carolina[] ▌1. William Elliott (D) ▌2. W. Jasper Talbert (D) ▌3. Asbury C. Latimer (D) ▌4. Joseph T. Johnson (D) ▌5. David E. Finley (D) ▌6. Robert B. Scarborough (D) ▌7. J. William Stokes (D), until July 6, 1901 ▌Asbury F. Lever (D), from November 5, 1901 South Dakota[] ▌At-large. Charles H. Burke (R) ▌At-large. Eben W. Martin (R) Tennessee[] ▌1. Walter P. Brownlow (R) ▌2. Henry R. Gibson (R) ▌3. John A. Moon (D) ▌4. Charles E. Snodgrass (D) ▌5. James D. Richardson (D) ▌6. John W. Gaines (D) ▌7. Lemuel P. Padgett (D) ▌8. Thetus W. Sims (D) ▌9. Rice A. Pierce (D) ▌10. Malcolm R. Patterson (D) Texas[] ▌1. Thomas H. Ball (D) ▌2. Samuel B. Cooper (D) ▌3. Reese C. De Graffenreid (D), until August 29, 1902 ▌Gordon J. Russell (D), from November 4, 1902 ▌4. John L. Sheppard (D), until October 11, 1902 ▌Morris Sheppard (D), from November 15, 1902 ▌5. Choice B. Randell (D) ▌6. Robert E. Burke (D), until June 5, 1901 ▌Dudley G. Wooten (D), from July 13, 1901 ▌7. Robert L. Henry (D) ▌8. Samuel W.T. Lanham (D), until January 15, 1903 ▌9. Albert S. Burleson (D) ▌10. George F. Burgess (D) ▌11. Rudolph Kleberg (D) ▌12. James L. Slayden (D) ▌13. John H. Stephens (D) Utah[] ▌At-large. George Sutherland (R) Vermont[] ▌1. David J. Foster (R) ▌2. Kittredge Haskins (R) Virginia[] ▌1. William A. Jones (D) ▌2. Harry L. Maynard (D) ▌3. John Lamb (D) ▌4. Francis R. Lassiter (D) ▌5. Claude A. Swanson (D) ▌6. Peter J. Otey (D), until May 4, 1902 ▌Carter Glass (D), from November 4, 1902 ▌7. James Hay (D) ▌8. John F. Rixey (D) ▌9. William F. Rhea (D) ▌10. Henry D. Flood (D) Washington[] ▌At-large. Francis W. Cushman (R) ▌At-large. Wesley L. Jones (R) West Virginia[] ▌1. Blackburn B. Dovener (R) ▌2. Alston G. Dayton (R) ▌3. Joseph H. Gaines (R) ▌4. James Anthony Hughes (R) Wisconsin[] ▌1. Henry Allen Cooper (R) ▌2. Herman B. Dahle (R) ▌3. Joseph W. Babcock (R) ▌4. Theobald Otjen (R) ▌5. Samuel S. Barney (R) ▌6. James H. Davidson (R) ▌7. John J. Esch (R) ▌8. Edward S. Minor (R) ▌9. Webster E. Brown (R) ▌10. John J. Jenkins (R) Wyoming[] ▌At-large. Frank W. Mondell (R) Non-voting members[] ▌Arizona Territory. Marcus Aurelius Smith (D) ▌Hawaii Territory. Robert W. Wilcox (I) ▌New Mexico Territory. Bernard Shandon Rodey (R) ▌Oklahoma Territory. Dennis T. Flynn (R) ▌Puerto Rico. Federico Degetau (Resident Commissioner) (R)

House seats by party holding plurality in state   80+% to 100% Democratic   80+% to 100% Republican   60+% to 80% Democratic   60+% to 80% Republican   Up to 60% Democratic   Up to 60% Republican Speaker of the House David B. Henderson

Changes in membership[]

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

Senate[]

Note:Delaware's Class 1 Senate seat remained vacant for entire Congress due to the legislature's failure to elect.

• Replacements: 4
  • Democratic: 1 seat gain
  • Republican: 3 seat gain
  • Populist: 1 seat loss
• Deaths: 3
• Resignations: 0
• Vacancy: 1
• Total seats with changes: 6

House of Representatives[]

• Replacements: 17
  • Democratic: 3 seat loss
  • Republican: 3 seat gain
• Deaths: 14
• Resignations: 5
• Contested elections: 2
• Total seats with changes: 24

Committees[]

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (7 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate[]

• (Select) (Chairman: James H. Berry; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom)
• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Redfield Proctor; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)
• Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
• Canadian Relations (Chairman: John F. Dryden)
• Census (Chairman: Joseph V. Quarles; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
• Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: William A. Harris)
• Claims (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
• Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Addison G. Foster; Ranking Member: John Tyler Morgan)
• Coast Defenses (Chairman: John H. Mitchell; Ranking Member: George Turner)
• Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: John P. Jones)
• Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Thomas S. Martin; Ranking Member: Nelson W. Aldrich)
• Cuban Relations (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
• (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: James McMillan; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: Louis E. McComas; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: George F. Hoar)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Mark Hanna; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster)
• (Select) (Chairman: William J. Deboe; Ranking Member: James K. Jones)
• (Select) (Chairman: Russell A. Alger)
• (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: Henry Heitfeld)
• Expenditures in Executive Departments
• Finance (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
• (Chairman: Thomas R. Bard; Ranking Member: George Turner)
• (Select) (Chairman: William B. Bate; Ranking Member: Joseph R. Burton)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: Joseph R. Burton; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• (Chairman: John Kean; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
• Immigration (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Rawlins)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: John L. McLaurin)
• Indian Depredations (Chairman: Robert J. Gamble; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
• Industrial Expositions (Chairman: Henry E. Burnham; Ranking Member: John L. McLaurin)
• (Select) (Chairman: Joseph H. Millard)
• (Select)
• Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: Joseph R. Hawley)
• Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
• Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Joseph Simon; Ranking Member: William A. Harris)
• Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
• Library (Chairman: George P. Wetmore; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: John L. McLaurin)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: Nathan B. Scott; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
• (Select) (Chairman: Knute Nelson)
• (Select) (Chairman: Thomas Kearns; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
• (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: John L. McLaurin)
• Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: Joseph B. Foraker; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Jonathan P. Dolliver; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Patents (Chairman: Jeter C. Pritchard; Ranking Member: Stephen R. Mallory)
• Pensions (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: George Turner)
• Philippines (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Rawlins)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: William E. Mason; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
• (Select)
• Printing (Chairman: Thomas C. Platt; Ranking Member: James K. Jones)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale)
• Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: Edmund W. Pettus)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Charles W. Fairbanks; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
• Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: John P. Jones)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Henry C. Hansbrough; Ranking Member: James H. Berry)
• Railroads (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
• (Chairman: Chauncey M. Depew; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Joseph Simon)
• Rules (Chairman: John C. Spooner; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
• (Select) (Chairman: Alfred B. Kittredge; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Territories (Chairman: Albert J. Beveridge; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)
• Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: John W. Daniel; Ranking Member: Porter J. McCumber)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: John L. McLaurin)
• (Select) (Chairman: Charles H. Dietrich; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• (Select) (Chairman: L. Heisler Ball)
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: George P. Wetmore)

House of Representatives[]

• Accounts (Chairman: Melville Bull; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett)
• Agriculture (Chairman: James W. Wadsworth; Ranking Member: John S. Williams)
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Nehemiah D. Sperry; Ranking Member: John L. Burnett)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon; Ranking Member: Leonidas F. Livingston)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Charles N. Fowler; Ranking Member: W. Jasper Talbert)
• Census (Chairman: Albert J. Hopkins; Ranking Member: Francis M. Griffith)
• Claims (Chairman: Joseph V. Graff; Ranking Member: Peter J. Otey)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: James H. Southard; Ranking Member: Charles F. Cochran)
• Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Edward S. Minor; Ranking Member: Charles F. Cochran)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock; Ranking Member: Adolph Meyer)
• Education (Chairman: Galusha A. Grow; Ranking Member: David A. De Armond)
• Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: John B. Corliss; Ranking Member: William W. Rucker)
• Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Robert W. Tayler; Ranking Member: Andrew F. Fox)
• Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Marlin E. Olmsted; Ranking Member: James M. Robinson)
• Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Edgar Weeks; Ranking Member: Frank A. McLain)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Frank C. Wachter; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)
• Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles W. Gillet; Ranking Member: Henry D. Flood)
• Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman: David J. Foster; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: Henry D. Green)
• Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Jesse Overstreet; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: James F. Stewart; Ranking Member: Charles W. Thompson)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Irving P. Wanger; Ranking Member: Edward Robb)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: John H. Ketcham; Ranking Member: Rufus E. Lester)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Robert G. Cousins; Ranking Member: John Lamb)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Charles A. Russell; Ranking Member: William L. Stark)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Loren Fletcher; Ranking Member: John H. Small)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert R. Hitt; Ranking Member: Hugh A. Dinsmore)
• Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: William B. Shattuc; Ranking Member: Peter J. Otey)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: John S. Little)
• (Chairman: James A. Tawney; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett)
• Insular Affairs (Chairman: Henry Allen Cooper; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn; Ranking Member: Robert C. Davey)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member: Robert W. Miers)
• Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Thomas H. Tongue; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands)
• Judiciary (Chairman: George W. Ray; Ranking Member: David A. De Armond)
• Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: W. Jasper Talbert)
• (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt; Ranking Member: Robert F. Broussard)
• Library (Chairman: James T. McCleary; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings then Dudley G. Wooten)
• Manufactures (Chairman: George W. Steele; Ranking Member: Willard D. Vandiver)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor; Ranking Member: Thomas Spight)
• Mileage (Chairman: William A. Reeder; Ranking Member: Elijah B. Lewis)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
• Militia (Chairman: Charles Dick; Ranking Member: William L. Stark)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: Frank M. Eddy; Ranking Member: Farish Carter Tate)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: George E. Foss; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings)
• (Chairman: William A. Smith; Ranking Member: James L. Slayden)
• Patents (Chairman: Walter Reeves; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
• (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: Reese C. De Graffenreid)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Eugene F. Loud; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
• Printing (Chairman: Joel P. Heatwole; Ranking Member: Farish Carter Tate)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: George W. Smith; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: David H. Mercer; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead)
• Public Lands (Chairman: John F. Lacey; Ranking Member: John F. Shafroth)
• Railways and Canals (Chairman: James H. Davidson; Ranking Member: Reese C. De Graffenreid)
• (Chairman: Frederick H. Gillett; Ranking Member: William Elliott)
• Revision of Laws (Chairman: Vespasian Warner; Ranking Member: John S. Robinson)
• Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: Rufus E. Lester)
• Rules (Chairman: John Dalzell; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: William S. Knox; Ranking Member: John A. Moon)
• Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: Roswell P. Bishop; Ranking Member: David H. Smith)
• War Claims (Chairman: Thaddeus M. Mahon; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson)
• Whole

Joint committees[]

• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• The Library
• Printing

Caucuses[]

• Democratic (House)
• Democratic (Senate)

Employees[]

Legislative branch agency directors[]

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark, died January 6, 1902.
  • Elliott Woods, appointed February 19, 1902.
• Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
• Public Printer of the United States: Francis W. Palmer

Senate[]

• Secretary: Charles G. Bennett
• Sergeant at Arms:
• Librarian:
• Chaplain: William H. Millburn, Methodist, until December 2, 1902.
  • F.J. Prettyman, Methodist, elected December 2, 1902.

House of Representatives[]

• Clerk: Alexander McDowell
• Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson
• Doorkeeper: , until March 12, 1902
  • , elected March 18, 1902
• Postmaster:
• Reading Clerks: (D) and (R)
• Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds
• Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist

See also[]

• United States elections, 1900 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • 1900 United States presidential election
  • United States Senate elections, 1900
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1900
• United States elections, 1902 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1902
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1902

References[]

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• Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-088434-7.
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