1897-1899 U.S. Congress
The 55th 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, D.C. , from March 4, 1897, to March 4, 1899, during the first two years of William McKinley 's presidency . The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1890 United States census . Both chambers had a Republican majority. There was one African-American member, George Henry White , a Republican from the state of North Carolina , and one Kaw member, Charles Curtis , a Republican from Kansas .
July 24, 1897: Dingley tariff , ch. 11, 30 Stat. 151 , increased trade duties for revenue and protection
April 20, 1898: Teller Resolution (Cuba), 30 Stat. 738
April 25, 1898: United States declaration of war upon Spain (Spanish–American War ), 30 Stat. 364
June 1, 1898: Erdman Act , 30 Stat. 424
June 13, 1898: War Revenue Act of 1898 , 30 Stat. 448
June 28, 1898: Curtis Act of 1898 , 30 Stat. 495 , authorized the mass dispossession of territory from the Cherokee Nation , Chickasaw Nation , Choctaw Nation , Muscogee Nation , and Seminole Nation and the divestiture of power from their national governments.
July 1, 1898: Bankruptcy Act of 1898 (Henderson-Nelson Act), ch. 541, 30 Stat. 544 , gave companies an option of gaining protection from creditors.
July 7, 1898: Newlands Resolution , No. 55, 30 Stat. 750 , authorized the annexation of the Republic of Hawaii
March 3, 1899: Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 , Ch. 425, 33 Stat. 401 , § 9, 30 Stat. 1151 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 composition by state 2 Democrats (12 states)
2 Republicans (14 states)
2 Silver (1 state)
1 Democrat and 1 Republican (9 states)
1 Republican and 1 Silver-Republican (4 states)
1 Republican and 1 Populist (4 states)
1 Populist and 1 Silver-Republican (1 state)
House of Representatives [ edit ] House of Representatives [ edit ] This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.
Skip to House of Representatives , belowSenators 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 ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1902.
▌ 2. John T. Morgan (D)
▌ 3. Edmund Pettus (D)
▌ 2. James H. Berry (D)
▌ 3. James K. Jones (D)
▌ 1. Stephen M. White (D)
▌ 3. George C. Perkins (R)
▌ 2. Edward O. Wolcott (R)
▌ 3. Henry M. Teller (SR)
▌ 1. Joseph R. Hawley (R)
▌ 3. Orville H. Platt (R)
▌ 1. George Gray (D)
▌ 2. Richard R. Kenney (D)
▌ 1. Samuel Pasco (D)
▌ 3. Stephen R. Mallory (D), from May 14, 1897[ 1]
▌ 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)
▌ 3. Alexander S. Clay (D)
▌ 2. George L. Shoup (R)
▌ 3. Henry Heitfeld (P)
▌ 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R)
▌ 3. William E. Mason (R)
▌ 1. David Turpie (D)
▌ 3. Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
▌ 2 John H. Gear (R)
▌ 3. William B. Allison (R)
▌ 2. Lucien Baker (R)
▌ 3. William A. Harris (P)
▌ 2. William Lindsay (D)
▌ 3. William J. Deboe (R)
▌ 2. Donelson Caffery (D)
▌ 3. Samuel D. McEnery (D)
▌ 1. Eugene Hale (R)
▌ 2. William P. Frye (R)
▌ 1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D)
▌ 3. George L. Wellington (R)
▌ 1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)
▌ 2. George F. Hoar (R)
▌ 1. Julius C. Burrows (R)
▌ 2. James McMillan (R)
▌ 1. Cushman K. Davis (R)
▌ 2. Knute Nelson (R)
▌ 1. James Z. George (D), until August 14, 1897
▌ Hernando D. Money (D), from October 8, 1897
▌ 2. Edward C. Walthall (D), until April 21, 1898
▌ William V. Sullivan (D), from May 31, 1898
▌ 1. Francis Cockrell (D)
▌ 3. George G. Vest (D)
▌ 1. Lee Mantle (SR)
▌ 2. Thomas H. Carter (R)
▌ 1. William V. Allen (P)
▌ 2. John M. Thurston (R)
▌ 1. William M. Stewart (S)
▌ 3. John P. Jones (S)
▌ 2. William E. Chandler (R)
▌ 3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)
▌ 1. James Smith Jr. (D)
▌ 2. William J. Sewell (R)
▌ 1. Edward Murphy Jr. (D)
▌ 3. Thomas C. Platt (R)
▌ 2. Marion Butler (P)
▌ 3. Jeter C. Pritchard (R)
▌ 1. William N. Roach (D)
▌ 3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)
▌ 1. John Sherman (R), until March 4, 1897
▌ Marcus A. Hanna (R), from March 5, 1897
▌ 3. Joseph B. Foraker (R)
▌ 2. George W. McBride (R)
▌ 3. Joseph Simon (R), from October 7, 1898
▌ 1. Matthew S. Quay (R)
▌ 3. Boies Penrose (R)
▌ 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
▌ 2. George P. Wetmore (R)
▌ 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
▌ 3. Joseph H. Earle (D), until May 20, 1897
▌ John L. McLaurin (D), from June 1, 1897
▌ 2. Richard F. Pettigrew (SR)
▌ 3. James H. Kyle (P)
▌ 1. William B. Bate (D)
▌ 2. Isham G. Harris (D), until July 8, 1897
▌ Thomas B. Turley (D), from July 20, 1897
▌ 1. Roger Q. Mills (D)
▌ 2. Horace Chilton (D)
▌ 1. Frank J. Cannon (SR)
▌ 3. Joseph L. Rawlins (D)
▌ 1. Redfield Proctor (R)
▌ 3. Justin S. Morrill (R), until December 28, 1898
▌ Jonathan Ross (R), from January 11, 1899
▌ 1. John W. Daniel (D)
▌ 2. Thomas S. Martin (D)
▌ 1. John L. Wilson (R)
▌ 3. George Turner (SR)
▌ 1. Charles J. Faulkner Jr. (D)
▌ 2. Stephen B. Elkins (R)
▌ 1. John L. Mitchell (D)
▌ 3. John C. Spooner (R)
▌ 1. Clarence D. Clark (R)
▌ 2. Francis E. Warren (R)
President of the SenateGarret Hobart
House of Representatives [ edit ] The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
▌ 1 . George W. Taylor (D)
▌ 2 . Jesse F. Stallings (D)
▌ 3 . Henry D. Clayton (D)
▌ 4 . Thomas S. Plowman (D), until February 9, 1898
▌ William F. Aldrich (R), from February 9, 1898
▌ 5 . Willis Brewer (D)
▌ 6 . John H. Bankhead (D)
▌ 7 . Milford W. Howard (P)
▌ 8 . Joseph Wheeler (D)
▌ 9 . Oscar Underwood (D)
▌ 1 . Philip D. McCulloch Jr. (D)
▌ 2 . John S. Little (D)
▌ 3 . Thomas C. McRae (D)
▌ 4 . William L. Terry (D)
▌ 5 . Hugh A. Dinsmore (D)
▌ 6 . Stephen Brundidge Jr. (D)
▌ 1 . John A. Barham (R)
▌ 2 . Marion De Vries (D)
▌ 3 . Samuel G. Hilborn (R)
▌ 4 . James G. Maguire (D)
▌ 5 . Eugene F. Loud (R)
▌ 6 . Charles A. Barlow (P)
▌ 7 . Curtis H. Castle (P)
▌ 1 . John F. Shafroth (SR)
▌ 2 . John C. Bell (P)
▌ 1 . E. Stevens Henry (R)
▌ 2 . Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)
▌ 3 . Charles A. Russell (R)
▌ 4 . Ebenezer J. Hill (R)
▌ At-large . L. Irving Handy (D)
▌ 1 . Stephen M. Sparkman (D)
▌ 2 . Robert W. Davis (D)
▌ 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)
▌ At-large . James Gunn (P)
▌ 1 . James R. Mann (R)
▌ 2 . William Lorimer (R)
▌ 3 . Hugh R. Belknap (R)
▌ 4 . Daniel W. Mills (R)
▌ 5 . George E. White (R)
▌ 6 . Edward D. Cooke (R), until June 24, 1897
▌ Henry S. Boutell (R), from November 23, 1897
▌ 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 . Benjamin F. Marsh (R)
▌ 16 . William H. Hinrichsen (D)
▌ 17 . James A. Connolly (R)
▌ 18 . Thomas M. Jett (D)
▌ 19 . Andrew J. Hunter (D)
▌ 20 . James R. Campbell (D)
▌ 21 . Jehu Baker (D)
▌ 22 . George Washington Smith (R)
▌ 1 . James A. Hemenway (R)
▌ 2 . Robert W. Miers (D)
▌ 3 . William T. Zenor (D)
▌ 4 . William S. Holman (D), until April 22, 1897
▌ Francis M. Griffith (D), from December 6, 1897
▌ 5 . George W. Faris (R)
▌ 6 . Henry U. Johnson (R)
▌ 7 . Jesse Overstreet (R)
▌ 8 . Charles L. Henry (R)
▌ 9 . Charles B. Landis (R)
▌ 10 . Edgar D. Crumpacker (R)
▌ 11 . George W. Steele (R)
▌ 12 . James M. Robinson (D)
▌ 13 . Lemuel W. Royse (R)
▌ 1 . Samuel M. Clark (R)
▌ 2 . George M. Curtis (R)
▌ 3 . David B. Henderson (R)
▌ 4 . Thomas Updegraff (R)
▌ 5 . Robert G. Cousins (R)
▌ 6 . John F. Lacey (R)
▌ 7 . John A. T. Hull (R)
▌ 8 . William P. Hepburn (R)
▌ 9 . Alva L. Hager (R)
▌ 10 . Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)
▌ 11 . George D. Perkins (R)
▌ 1 . Case Broderick (R)
▌ 2 . Mason S. Peters (P)
▌ 3 . Edwin R. Ridgely (P)
▌ 4 . Charles Curtis (R)
▌ 5 . William D. Vincent (P)
▌ 6 . Nelson B. McCormick (P)
▌ 7 . Jeremiah Simpson (P)
▌ At-large . Jeremiah D. Botkin (P)
▌ 1 . Charles K. Wheeler (D)
▌ 2 . John D. Clardy (D)
▌ 3 . John S. Rhea (D)
▌ 4 . David Highbaugh Smith (D)
▌ 5 . Walter Evans (R)
▌ 6 . Albert S. Berry (D)
▌ 7 . Evan E. Settle (D)
▌ 8 . George M. Davison (R)
▌ 9 . Samuel J. Pugh (R)
▌ 10 . Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick (D)
▌ 11 . David G. Colson (R)
▌ 1 . Adolph Meyer (D)
▌ 2 . Robert C. Davey (D)
▌ 3 . Robert F. Broussard (D)
▌ 4 . Henry W. Ogden (D)
▌ 5 . Samuel T. Baird (D)
▌ 6 . Samuel M. Robertson (D)
▌ 1 . Thomas B. Reed (R)
▌ 2 . Nelson Dingley Jr. (R), until January 13, 1899
▌ 3 . Seth L. Milliken (R), until April 18, 1897
▌ Edwin C. Burleigh (R), from June 21, 1897
▌ 4 . Charles A. Boutelle (R)
▌ 1 . Isaac A. Barber (R)
▌ 2 . William B. Baker (R)
▌ 3 . William S. Booze (R)
▌ 4 . William W. McIntire (R)
▌ 5 . Sydney E. Mudd (R)
▌ 6 . John McDonald (R)
▌ 1 . Ashley B. Wright (R), until August 14, 1897
▌ George P. Lawrence (R), from November 2, 1897
▌ 2 . Frederick H. Gillett (R)
▌ 3 . Joseph H. Walker (R)
▌ 4 . George W. Weymouth (R)
▌ 5 . William S. Knox (R)
▌ 6 . William H. Moody (R)
▌ 7 . William E. Barrett (R)
▌ 8 . Samuel W. McCall (R)
▌ 9 . John F. Fitzgerald (D)
▌ 10 . Samuel J. Barrows (R)
▌ 11 . Charles F. Sprague (R)
▌ 12 . William C. Lovering (R)
▌ 13 . John Simpkins (R), until March 27, 1898
▌ William S. Greene (R), from May 31, 1898
▌ 1 . John B. Corliss (R)
▌ 2 . George Spalding (R)
▌ 3 . Albert M. Todd (D)
▌ 4 . Edward L. Hamilton (R)
▌ 5 . William Alden Smith (R)
▌ 6 . Samuel W. Smith (R)
▌ 7 . Horace G. Snover (R)
▌ 8 . Ferdinand Brucker (D)
▌ 9 . Roswell P. Bishop (R)
▌ 10 . Rousseau O. Crump (R)
▌ 11 . William S. Mesick (R)
▌ 12 . Carlos D. Shelden (R)
▌ 1 . James Albertus Tawney (R)
▌ 2 . James T. McCleary (R)
▌ 3 . Joel Heatwole (R)
▌ 4 . Frederick C. Stevens (R)
▌ 5 . Loren Fletcher (R)
▌ 6 . R. Page W. Morris (R)
▌ 7 . Frank Eddy (R)
▌ 1 . John M. Allen (D)
▌ 2 . William V. Sullivan (D), until May 31, 1898
▌ Thomas Spight (D), from July 5, 1898
▌ 3 . Thomas C. Catchings (D)
▌ 4 . Andrew F. Fox (D)
▌ 5 . John Sharp Williams (D)
▌ 6 . William F. Love (D), until October 16, 1898
▌ Frank A. McLain (D), from December 12, 1898
▌ 7 . Patrick Henry (D)
▌ 1 . James T. Lloyd (D), from June 1, 1897
▌ 2 . Robert N. Bodine (D)
▌ 3 . Alexander M. Dockery (D)
▌ 4 . Charles F. Cochran (D)
▌ 5 . William S. Cowherd (D)
▌ 6 . David A. De Armond (D)
▌ 7 . James Cooney (D)
▌ 8 . Richard P. Bland (D)
▌ 9 . James Beauchamp Clark (D)
▌ 10 . Richard Bartholdt (R)
▌ 11 . Charles F. Joy (R)
▌ 12 . Charles E. Pearce (R)
▌ 13 . Edward Robb (D)
▌ 14 . Willard D. Vandiver (D)
▌ 15 . Maecenas E. Benton (D)
▌ At-large . Charles S. Hartman (SR)
▌ 1 . Jesse B. Strode (R)
▌ 2 . David H. Mercer (R)
▌ 3 . Samuel Maxwell (P)
▌ 4 . William L. Stark (P)
▌ 5 . Roderick D. Sutherland (P)
▌ 6 . William L. Greene (P)
▌ At-large . Francis G. Newlands (S)
▌ 1 . Cyrus A. Sulloway (R)
▌ 2 . Frank G. Clarke (R)
▌ 1 . Henry C. Loudenslager (R)
▌ 2 . John J. Gardner (R)
▌ 3 . Benjamin F. Howell (R)
▌ 4 . Mahlon Pitney (R), until January 10, 1899
▌ 5 . James F. Stewart (R)
▌ 6 . Richard Wayne Parker (R)
▌ 7 . Thomas McEwan Jr. (R)
▌ 8 . Charles N. Fowler (R)
▌ 1 . Joseph M. Belford (R)
▌ 2 . Denis M. Hurley (R), until February 26, 1899
▌ 3 . Francis H. Wilson (R), until September 30, 1897
▌ Edmund H. Driggs (D), from December 6, 1897
▌ 4 . Israel F. Fischer (R)
▌ 5 . Charles G. Bennett (R)
▌ 6 . James R. Howe (R)
▌ 7 . John H. G. Vehslage (D)
▌ 8 . John M. Mitchell (R)
▌ 9 . Thomas J. Bradley (D)
▌ 10 . Amos J. Cummings (D)
▌ 11 . William Sulzer (D)
▌ 12 . George B. McClellan Jr. (D)
▌ 13 . Richard C. Shannon (R)
▌ 14 . Lemuel E. Quigg (R)
▌ 15 . Philip B. Low (R)
▌ 16 . William L. Ward (R)
▌ 17 . Benjamin Odell (R)
▌ 18 . John H. Ketcham (R)
▌ 19 . Aaron V. S. Cochrane (R)
▌ 20 . George N. Southwick (R)
▌ 21 . David F. Wilber (R)
▌ 22 . Lucius N. Littauer (R)
▌ 23 . Wallace T. Foote Jr. (R)
▌ 24 . Charles A. Chickering (R)
▌ 25 . James S. Sherman (R)
▌ 26 . George W. Ray (R)
▌ 27 . James J. Belden (R)
▌ 28 . Sereno E. Payne (R)
▌ 29 . Charles W. Gillet (R)
▌ 30 . James W. Wadsworth (R)
▌ 31 . Henry C. Brewster (R)
▌ 32 . Rowland B. Mahany (R)
▌ 33 . De Alva S. Alexander (R)
▌ 34 . Warren B. Hooker (R), until November 10, 1898
▌ 1 . Harry Skinner (P)
▌ 2 . George H. White (R)
▌ 3 . John E. Fowler (P)
▌ 4 . William F. Strowd (P)
▌ 5 . William W. Kitchin (D)
▌ 6 . Charles H. Martin (P)
▌ 7 . Alonzo C. Shuford (P)
▌ 8 . Romulus Z. Linney (R)
▌ 9 . Richmond Pearson (R)
▌ At-large . Martin N. Johnson (R)
▌ 1 . William B. Shattuc (R)
▌ 2 . Jacob H. Bromwell (R)
▌ 3 . John L. Brenner (D)
▌ 4 . George A. Marshall (D)
▌ 5 . David Meekison (D)
▌ 6 . Seth W. Brown (R)
▌ 7 . Walter L. Weaver (R)
▌ 8 . Archibald Lybrand (R)
▌ 9 . James H. Southard (R)
▌ 10 . Lucien J. Fenton (R)
▌ 11 . Charles H. Grosvenor (R)
▌ 12 . John J. Lentz (D)
▌ 13 . James A. Norton (D)
▌ 14 . Winfield S. Kerr (R)
▌ 15 . Henry C. Van Voorhis (R)
▌ 16 . Lorenzo Danford (R)
▌ 17 . John A. McDowell (D)
▌ 18 . Robert W. Tayler (R)
▌ 19 . Stephen A. Northway (R), until September 8, 1898
▌ Charles W. F. Dick (R), from November 8, 1898
▌ 20 . Clifton B. Beach (R)
▌ 21 . Theodore E. Burton (R)
▌ 1 . Thomas H. Tongue (R)
▌ 2 . William R. Ellis (R)
▌ 1 . Henry H. Bingham (R)
▌ 2 . Robert Adams Jr. (R)
▌ 3 . William McAleer (D)
▌ 4 . James R. Young (R)
▌ 5 . Alfred C. Harmer (R)
▌ 6 . Thomas S. Butler (IR)
▌ 7 . Irving P. Wanger (R)
▌ 8 . William S. Kirkpatrick (R)
▌ 9 . Daniel Ermentrout (D)
▌ 10 . Marriott Brosius (R)
▌ 11 . William Connell (R)
▌ 12 . Morgan B. Williams (R)
▌ 13 . Charles N. Brumm (R)
▌ 14 . Marlin E. Olmsted (R)
▌ 15 . James H. Codding (R)
▌ 16 . Horace B. Packer (R)
▌ 17 . Monroe H. Kulp (R)
▌ 18 . Thaddeus M. Mahon (R)
▌ 19 . George J. Benner (D)
▌ 20 . Josiah D. Hicks (R)
▌ 21 . Edward E. Robbins (R)
▌ 22 . John Dalzell (R)
▌ 23 . William A. Stone (R), until November 9, 1898
▌ William H. Graham (R), from November 29, 1898
▌ 24 . Ernest F. Acheson (R)
▌ 25 . Joseph B. Showalter (R), from April 20, 1897
▌ 26 . John C. Sturtevant (R)
▌ 27 . Charles W. Stone (R)
▌ 28 . William C. Arnold (R)
▌ At-large . Samuel A. Davenport (R)
▌ At-large . Galusha A. Grow (R)
▌ 1 . Melville Bull (R)
▌ 2 . Adin B. Capron (R)
▌ 1 . William Elliott (D)
▌ 2 . William J. Talbert (D)
▌ 3 . Asbury C. Latimer (D)
▌ 4 . Stanyarne Wilson (D)
▌ 5 . Thomas J. Strait (D)
▌ 6 . John L. McLaurin (D), until May 31, 1897
▌ James Norton (D), from December 6, 1897
▌ 7 . J. William Stokes (D)
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket .
▌ At-large . John E. Kelley (P)
▌ At-large . Freeman Knowles (P)
▌ 1 . Walter P. Brownlow (R)
▌ 2 . Henry R. Gibson (R)
▌ 3 . John A. Moon (D)
▌ 4 . Benton McMillin (D), until January 6, 1899
▌ 5 . James D. Richardson (D)
▌ 6 . John W. Gaines (D)
▌ 7 . Nicholas N. Cox (D)
▌ 8 . Thetus W. Sims (D)
▌ 9 . Rice A. Pierce (D)
▌ 10 . Edward W. Carmack (D)
▌ 1 . Thomas H. Ball (D)
▌ 2 . Samuel B. Cooper (D)
▌ 3 . Reese C. De Graffenreid (D)
▌ 4 . John W. Cranford (D), until March 3, 1899
▌ 5 . Joseph W. Bailey (D)
▌ 6 . Robert E. Burke (D)
▌ 7 . Robert L. Henry (D)
▌ 8 . Samuel W. T. Lanham (D)
▌ 9 . Joseph D. Sayers (D), until January 16, 1899
▌ 10 . Robert B. Hawley (R)
▌ 11 . Rudolph Kleberg (D)
▌ 12 . James L. Slayden (D)
▌ 13 . John H. Stephens (D)
▌ At-large . William H. King (D)
▌ 1 . H. Henry Powers (R)
▌ 2 . William W. Grout (R)
▌ 1 . William A. Jones (D)
▌ 2 . William A. Young (D), until April 26, 1898
▌ Richard A. Wise (R), from April 26, 1898
▌ 3 . John Lamb (D)
▌ 4 . Sydney P. Epes (D), until March 23, 1898
▌ Robert T. Thorp (R), from March 23, 1898
▌ 5 . Claude A. Swanson (D)
▌ 6 . Peter J. Otey (D)
▌ 7 . James Hay (D)
▌ 8 . John F. Rixey (D)
▌ 9 . James A. Walker (R)
▌ 10 . Jacob Yost (R)
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket .
▌ At-large . William C. Jones (SR)
▌ At-large . James Hamilton Lewis (D)
▌ 1 . Blackburn B. Dovener (R)
▌ 2 . Alston G. Dayton (R)
▌ 3 . Charles P. Dorr (R)
▌ 4 . Warren Miller (R)
▌ 1 . Henry Allen Cooper (R)
▌ 2 . Edward Sauerhering (R)
▌ 3 . Joseph W. Babcock (R)
▌ 4 . Theobald Otjen (R)
▌ 5 . Samuel S. Barney (R)
▌ 6 . James H. Davidson (R)
▌ 7 . Michael Griffin (R)
▌ 8 . Edward S. Minor (R)
▌ 9 . Alexander Stewart (R)
▌ 10 . John J. Jenkins (R)
▌ At-large . John E. Osborne (D)
▌ Arizona Territory . Marcus A. Smith (D)
▌ New Mexico Territory . Harvey B. Fergusson (D)
▌ Oklahoma Territory . James Y. Callahan (S)
Speaker of the HouseThomas Brackett Reed
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
Changes in membership [ edit ] The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Replacements: 5
Deaths: 5
Resignations: 0
Total seats with changes: 8
State (class)
Vacated by
Reason for vacancy
Subsequent
Date of successor's installation
Ohio (1)
John Sherman (R)
Resigned March 4, 1897, to become U.S. Secretary of State . Elected to fill remainder of term.
Mark Hanna (R)
March 5, 1897
Florida (3)
Vacant
Failure to elect. Successor elected May 14, 1897.[ 1]
Stephen R. Mallory (D)
May 15, 1897
Oregon (3)
Vacant
Failure to elect. Successor elected October 8, 1898.
Joseph Simon (R)
October 8, 1898
South Carolina (3)
Joseph H. Earle (D)
Died May 20, 1897. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.
John L. McLaurin (D)
June 1, 1897
Tennessee (2)
Isham G. Harris (D)
Died July 8, 1897. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.
Thomas B. Turley (D)
July 20, 1897
Mississippi (1)
James Z. George (D)
Died August 14, 1897. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.
Hernando Money (D)
October 8, 1897
Mississippi (2)
Edward C. Walthall (D)
Died April 21, 1898. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.
William V. Sullivan (D)
May 31, 1898
Vermont (3)
Justin S. Morrill (R)
Died December 28, 1898. Successor was appointed.
Jonathan Ross (R)
January 11, 1899
House of Representatives [ edit ] Replacements: 14
Deaths: 10
Resignations: 9
Contested election: 3
Total seats with changes: 23
District
Previous
Reason for change
Subsequent
Date of successor's installation
Pennsylvania 25th
Vacant
Rep.-elect James J. Davidson died before being seated. Showalter was elected to finish term.
Joseph B. Showalter (R)
April 20, 1897
Missouri 1st
Vacant
Rep.-elect Richard P. Giles died before being seated. Lloyd was elected to finish term.
James T. Lloyd (D)
June 1, 1897
Maine 3rd
Seth L. Milliken (R)
Died April 18, 1897
Edwin C. Burleigh (R)
June 21, 1897
Indiana 4th
William S. Holman (D)
Died April 22, 1897.
Francis M. Griffith (D)
December 6, 1897
South Carolina 6th
John L. McLaurin (D)
Resigned May 31, 1897, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate
James Norton (D)
December 6, 1897
Illinois 6th
Edward D. Cooke (R)
Died June 24, 1897
Henry S. Boutell (R)
November 23, 1897
Massachusetts 1st
Ashley B. Wright (R)
Died August 14, 1897
George P. Lawrence (R)
November 2, 1897
New York 3rd
Francis H. Wilson (R)
Resigned September 30, 1897, to become Postmaster of Brooklyn, New York
Edmund H. Driggs (D)
December 6, 1897
Alabama 4th
Thomas S. Plowman (D)
Lost contested election February 9, 1898
William F. Aldrich (R)
February 9, 1898
Virginia 4th
Sidney P. Epes (D)
Lost contested election March 23, 1898
Robert T. Thorp (R)
March 23, 1898
Massachusetts 13th
John Simpkins (R)
Died March 27, 1898
William S. Greene (R)
May 31, 1898
Virginia 2nd
William A. Young (D)
Lost contested election April 26, 1898
Richard A. Wise (R)
April 26, 1898
Mississippi 2nd
William V. Sullivan (D)
Resigned May 31, 1898, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate
Thomas Spight (D)
July 5, 1898
Ohio 19th
Stephen A. Northway (R)
Died September 8, 1898
Charles W. F. Dick (R)
November 8, 1898
Mississippi 6th
William F. Love (D)
Died October 16, 1898
Frank A. McLain (D)
December 12, 1898
Pennsylvania 23rd
William A. Stone (R)
Resigned November 9, 1898, to run for Governor of Pennsylvania
William H. Graham (R)
November 29, 1898
New York 34th
Warren B. Hooker (R)
Resigned November 10, 1898, after being appointed judge for the New York Supreme Court
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Tennessee 4th
Benton McMillin (D)
Resigned January 6, 1899, after being elected Governor of Tennessee
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New Jersey 4th
Mahlon Pitney (R)
Resigned January 10, 1899, after being elected to the New Jersey Senate
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Maine 2nd
Nelson Dingley Jr. (R)
Died January 13, 1899
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Texas 9th
Joseph D. Sayers (D)
Resigned January 16, 1899, after being elected Governor of Texas
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 2nd
Denis M. Love (R)
Died February 26, 1899
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Texas 4th
John W. Cranford (D)
Died March 3, 1899
Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. 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.
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Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress . New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts . New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.