60th United States Congress

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60th United States Congress
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March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909
Members90 - 92 senators
386 - 391 representatives
6 non-voting delegates
Senate MajorityRepublican
Senate PresidentCharles W. Fairbanks (R)
House MajorityRepublican
House SpeakerJoseph G. Cannon (R)
Sessions
1st: December 2, 1907 – May 30, 1908
2nd: December 7, 1908 – March 3, 1909

The 60th 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, 1907, to March 4, 1909, during the last two years of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events[]

President of the Senate
Charles W. Fairbanks

Major legislation[]

States admitted[]

  • November 16, 1907: Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state.

Party summary[]

Senate[]

Party
(shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic
(D)
Republican
(R)
End of previous congress 32 58 90 0
Begin 29 60 89 1
End 31 61 920
Final voting share 33.7% 66.3%
Beginning of next congress 32 59 91 1

House of Representatives[]

Party
(shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic
(D)
Independent
Democratic

(ID)
Republican
(R)
End of previous congress 133 0 246 379 7
Begin 161 1 221 383 3
End 164 220 3856
Final voting share 42.6% 0.3% 57.1%
Beginning of next congress 170 1 218 389 2

Leadership[]

Senate[]

  • President: Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
  • President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership[]

  • Conference Chairman: Eugene Hale

Minority (Democratic) leadership[]

  • Caucus chairman: Charles A. Culberson
  • Conference secretary: Robert L. Owen

House of Representatives[]

  • Speaker: Joseph G. Cannon (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership[]

  • Majority Leader: Sereno E. Payne
  • Majority Whip: James E. Watson
  • Republican Conference Chair: William Peters Hepburn

Minority (Democratic) leadership[]

  • Minority Leader: John Sharp Williams until 1908
    • Champ Clark, from 1908
  • Minority Whip: James T. Lloyd until 1908; vacant thereafter
  • Caucus Chairman: Henry D. Clayton
  • Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: James M. Griggs

Members[]

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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. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1908; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1910; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1912.

House of Representatives[]

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Changes in membership[]

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

Senate[]

  • Replacements: 10
    • Democratic: no net change
    • Republican: no net change
  • Deaths: 8
  • Resignations: 1
  • Vacancy: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 11
State
(class)
Vacated by Reason for vacancy Subsequent Date of successor's installation
Rhode Island
(2)
Vacant Senator Wetmore's term had expired at the end of previous Congress, having the Legislature failed to re-elect him on time. Wetmore was re-elected late. George P. Wetmore (R) January 22, 1908
Wisconsin
(3)
John C. Spooner (R) Resigned April 30, 1907. Successor was elected. Isaac Stephenson (R) May 17, 1907
Alabama
(2)
John Tyler Morgan (D) Died June 11, 1907. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected to finish the term John H. Bankhead (D) June 18, 1907
Alabama
(3)
Edmund Pettus (D) Died July 27, 1907. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected to finish the term. Joseph F. Johnston (D) August 6, 1907
Oklahoma
(2)
New seats Oklahoma achieved statehood November 16, 1907. New Senators were elected to represent Oklahoma for the first time. Robert L. Owen (D) December 11, 1907
Oklahoma
(3)
Thomas Gore (D)
Florida
(3)
Stephen Mallory II (D) Died December 23, 1907. Successor was appointed and subsequently died. William J. Bryan (D) December 27, 1907
South Carolina
(3)
Asbury Latimer (D) Died February 20, 1908. Successor was appointed to finish the term. Frank B. Gary (D) March 6, 1908
Vermont
(1)
Redfield Proctor (R) Died March 4, 1908. Successor was appointed. John W. Stewart (R) March 24, 1908
Maryland
(3)
William P. Whyte (D) Died March 17, 1908. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. John W. Smith (D) March 25, 1908
Florida
(3)
William J. Bryan (D) Died March 22, 1908. Successor was appointed. William H. Milton (D) March 27, 1908
Iowa
(3)
William B. Allison (R) Died August 4, 1908. Successor was elected to finish the term, as well as elected to the next term. Albert B. Cummins (R) November 24, 1908
Vermont
(1)
John W. Stewart (R) Successor was elected to finish the term. Carroll S. Page (R) October 21, 1908

House of Representatives[]

  • Replacements: 13
    • Democratic: 4 seat gain
    • Republican: 2 seat loss
  • Deaths: 10
  • Resignations: 7
  • Contested elections: 0
  • New seats: 7
  • Total seats with changes: 20
District Previous Reason for change Subsequent Date of successor's installation
Michigan 5th Vacant Rep. William Alden Smith resigned during previous congress Gerrit J. Diekema (R) April 27, 1907
Kansas 1st Vacant Rep. Charles Curtis resigned during previous congress having been elected to the U.S Senate. Daniel R. Anthony Jr. (R) May 23, 1907
Virginia 8th Vacant Rep. John F. Rixey died during previous congress Charles C. Carlin (D) November 5, 1907
Pennsylvania 2nd John E. Reyburn (R) Resigned March 31, 1907, after being elected Mayor of Philadelphia Joel Cook (R) November 5, 1907
Virginia 9th Campbell Slemp (R) Died October 13, 1907 C. Bascom Slemp (R) December 17, 1907
Oklahoma 1st New seat New State November 16, 1907. Bird S. McGuire (R) November 16, 1907
Oklahoma 2nd Elmer L. Fulton (D)
Oklahoma 3rd James S. Davenport (D)
Oklahoma 4th Charles D. Carter (D)
Oklahoma 5th Scott Ferris (D)
Philippines Resident Commissioner New seat New territory November 22, 1907 Benito Legarda (R) November 22, 1909
Philippines Resident Commissioner Pablo Ocampo (D)
Illinois 25th George W. Smith (R) Died November 30, 1907 Napoleon B. Thistlewood (R) February 15, 1908
Louisiana 1st Adolph Meyer (D) Died March 8, 1908 Albert Estopinal (D) November 3, 1908
New York 3rd Charles T. Dunwell (R) Died June 12, 1908 Otto G. Foelker (R) November 3, 1908
Indiana 13th Abraham L. Brick (R) Died April 7, 1908 Henry A. Barnhart (D) November 3, 1908
Alabama 2nd Ariosto A. Wiley (D) Died June 17, 1908 Oliver C. Wiley (D) November 3, 1908
South Dakota At-large William H. Parker (R) Died June 26, 1908 Eben Martin (R) November 3, 1908
Maine 4th Llewellyn Powers (R) Died July 28, 1908 Frank E. Guernsey (R) November 3, 1908
Maine 2nd Charles E. Littlefield (R) Died September 30, 1908 John P. Swasey (R) November 3, 1908
Louisiana 2nd Robert C. Davey (D) Died December 26, 1908 Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Pennsylvania 12th Charles N. Brumm (R) Resigned January 4, 1909, after becoming judge for Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Connecticut At-large George L. Lilley (R) Resigned January 5, 1909, after being elected Governor of Connecticut Seat remained vacant until next Congress
North Carolina 5th William W. Kitchin (D) Resigned January 11, 1909, after being elected Governor of North Carolina Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Rhode Island 1st Daniel L. D. Granger (D) Died February 14, 1909 having already lost re-election. Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 21st Theodore E. Burton (R) Resigned March 3, 1909, after being elected to the U.S. Senate Seat remained vacant until next Congress

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 (5 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: Thomas S. Martin)
  • Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Redfield Proctor; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
  • Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
  • Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John Kean; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
  • Canadian Relations (Chairman: Winthrop Murray Crane; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
  • Census (Chairman: Chester I. Long; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
  • Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
  • Claims (Chairman: Charles W. Fulton; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
  • Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Samuel H. Piles; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
  • Coast Defenses (Chairman: George S. Nixon; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
  • Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: N/A)
  • Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Samuel D. McEnery; Ranking Member: Nelson W. Aldrich)
  • Cuban Relations (Chairman: Henry E. Burnham; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
  • (Select) (Chairman: Hernando D. Money)
  • District of Columbia (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
  • Education and Labor (Chairman: Jonathan P. Dolliver; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
  • Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: Alfred B. Kittredge)
  • Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Albert J. Hopkins; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster)
  • (Select) (Chairman: James A. Hemenway; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
  • (Select)
  • (Chairman: Joseph M. Dixon; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
  • (Select) (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
  • Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: Hernando D. Money; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)
  • (Select) (Chairman: Harry A. Richardson; Ranking Member: James B. McCreary)
  • Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Select) (Chairman: Norris Brown; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
  • Expenditures in the Navy Department (Select) (Chairman: Simon Guggenheim; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin then Benjamin R. Tillman)
  • (Select) (Chairman: Frank O. Briggs; Ranking Member: William Pinkney Whyte then James P. Clarke)
  • (Select) (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money then Murphy J. Foster Jr.)
  • Finance (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
  • (Chairman: Jonathan Bourne Jr.; Ranking Member: Stephen R. Mallory then Samuel D. McEnery)
  • (Select) (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Alfred B. Kittredge)
  • Foreign Relations (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
  • Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: Frank B. Brandegee; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
  • (Chairman: Frank P. Flint; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
  • Immigration (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
  • Indian Affairs (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
  • Indian Depredations (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
  • Industrial Expositions (Chairman: William Warner; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
  • Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Alfred B. Kittredge; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
  • Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
  • (Select) (Chairman: Joseph H. Millard; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
  • Irrigation (Chairman: Levi Ankeny; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
  • Judiciary (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
  • Library (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
  • Manufactures (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
  • Military Affairs (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
  • Mines and Mining (Chairman: Charles Dick; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
  • (Select) (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
  • (Select) (Chairman: William A. Smith)
  • Naval Affairs (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
  • (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
  • Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: Joseph B. Foraker; Ranking Member: N/A)
  • Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Elmer J. Burkett; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
  • Patents (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: N/A)
  • Pensions (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
  • Philippines (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
  • Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
  • (Select)
  • Printing (Chairman: Thomas C. Platt; Ranking Member: William Pinkney Whyte)
  • Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale)
  • Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: Josiah W. Bailey)
  • Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Nathan B. Scott; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
  • Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: John W. Daniel; Ranking Member: Chauncey M. Depew)
  • Public Lands (Chairman: Henry C. Hansbrough; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
  • Railroads (Chairman: Morgan G. Bulkeley; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
  • (Chairman: Chauncey M. Depew; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
  • Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: James P. Taliaferro; Ranking Member: William A. Smith)
  • Rules (Chairman: Philander C. Knox; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
  • (Select) (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: James B. McCreary)
  • Tariff Regulation (Select)
  • Territories (Chairman: Albert J. Beveridge; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
  • Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Samuel D. McEnery; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
  • Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Robert J. Gamble; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
  • (Select) (Chairman: George Sutherland; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark)
  • (Select)
  • Whole
  • Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Alexander S. Clay; Ranking Member: N/A)

House of Representatives[]

  • Accounts (Chairman: James A. Hughes; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett)
  • Agriculture (Chairman: Charles Frederick Scott; Ranking Member: John Lamb)
  • Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Nehemiah D. Sperry; Ranking Member: N/A)
  • Appropriations (Chairman: James A. Tawney; Ranking Member: Leonidas Livingston)
  • Banking and Currency (Chairman: Charles N. Fowler; Ranking Member: Elijah B. Lewis)
  • (Select)
  • Census (Chairman: Edgar D. Crumpacker; Ranking Member: James Hay)
  • Claims (Chairman: James M. Miller; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
  • Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William B. McKinley; Ranking Member: John W. Gaines)
  • Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Arthur L. Bates; Ranking Member: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott)
  • District of Columbia (Chairman: Samuel W. Smith; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
  • Education (Chairman: George N. Southwick; Ranking Member: Asbury F. Lever)
  • Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Joseph H. Gaines; Ranking Member: William W. Rucker)
  • Elections No.#1 (Chairman: James R. Mann; Ranking Member: Ollie M. James)
  • Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Marlin E. Olmsted; Ranking Member: Adam M. Byrd)
  • Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Michael E. Driscoll; Ranking Member: Claude Kitchin)
  • Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William W. Wilson; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
  • Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles E. Littlefield; Ranking Member: Henry D. Flood)
  • Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman: David J. Foster; Ranking Member: Arsene Pujo)
  • Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Sydney E. Mudd; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
  • Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Gilbert N. Haugen; Ranking Member: Robert N. Page)
  • Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Henry S. Boutell; Ranking Member: Lemuel P. Padgett)
  • Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Irving P. Wanger; Ranking Member: Carter Glass)
  • Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: John W. Weeks; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Cooper)
  • Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Philip Knopf; Ranking Member: John Lamb)
  • Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: George P. Lawrence; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Rhinock)
  • Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: E. Stevens Henry; Ranking Member: John H. Small)
  • Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert G. Cousins; Ranking Member: William M. Howard)
  • Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Benjamin F. Howell; Ranking Member: John L. Burnett)
  • Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: John H. Stephens)
  • (Chairman: Augustus P. Gardner; Ranking Member: Harry L. Maynard)
  • 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: George H. Lindsay)
  • Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: William A. Reeder; Ranking Member: William R. Smith)
  • Judiciary (Chairman: John J. Jenkins; Ranking Member: David A. De Armond)
  • Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
  • (Chairman: George W. Prince; Ranking Member: Robert F. Broussard)
  • Library (Chairman: Samuel W. McCall; Ranking Member: William M. Howard)
  • Manufactures (Chairman: Henry McMorran; Ranking Member: Charles H. Weisse)
  • Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: William S. Greene; Ranking Member: Thomas Spight)
  • Mileage (Chairman: Charles N. Brumm; Ranking Member: Elijah B. Lewis)
  • Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
  • Militia (Chairman: Halvor Steenerson; Ranking Member: Ariosto A. Wiley)
  • Mines and Mining (Chairman: George F. Huff; Ranking Member: Gordon Lee)
  • Naval Affairs (Chairman: George E. Foss; Ranking Member: Adolph Meyer)
  • (Chairman: Thomas S. Butler; Ranking Member: James L. Slayden)
  • Patents (Chairman: Frank D. Currier; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
  • (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: William Richardson)
  • Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Jesse Overstreet; Ranking Member: John A. Moon)
  • Printing (Chairman: Charles B. Landis; Ranking Member: David E. Finley)
  • Private Land Claims (Chairman: Thomas F. Marshall; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
  • Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt; Ranking Member: William G. Brantley)
  • Public Lands (Chairman: Frank W. Mondell; Ranking Member: John W. Gaines)
  • Railways and Canals (Chairman: James H. Davidson; Ranking Member: James O. Patterson)
  • (Chairman: Frederick H. Gillett; Ranking Member: William P. Kimball)
  • Revision of Laws (Chairman: Reuben O. Moon; Ranking Member: Robert B. Macon)
  • Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: Stephen M. Sparkman)
  • Rules (Chairman: John Dalzell; Ranking Member: John S. Williams)
  • Standards of Official Conduct
  • Territories (Chairman: Edward L. Hamilton; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)
  • Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: William H. Graham; Ranking Member: N/A)
  • War Claims (Chairman: Kittredge Haskins; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
  • Ways and Means (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: Champ Clark)
  • 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: Elliott Woods
  • Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
  • Public Printer of the United States: Charles A. Stillings, until 1908
    • John S. Leech, 1908
    • Samuel B. Donnelly, from 1908

Senate[]

House of Representatives[]

  • Clerk: Alexander McDowell
  • Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson
  • Doorkeeper:
  • Postmaster: , elected December 2, 1907
  • Reading Clerks: (D) and (R)
  • Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds
  • Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist

See also[]

  • United States elections, 1906 (elections leading to this Congress)
    • United States Senate elections, 1906
    • United States House of Representatives elections, 1906
  • United States elections, 1908 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)

References[]

  1. ^ Walgren, John A. (1916). Federal Employers' Liability Act: practitioner's manual. T.H. Flood. p. 9. Retrieved September 14, 2009.

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