The 54th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1895, to March 4, 1897, during the last two years of Grover Cleveland's second presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1890 United States census. The House had a Republican majority, and the Republicans were the largest party in the Senate.

Major events

Major legislation

  • May 21, 1896: Oil Pipe Line Act, ch. 212, 29 Stat. (43 U.S.C. et seq.)
  • May 22, 1896: Condemned Cannon Act, 29 Stat.
  • May 28, 1896: United States Commissioners Act, 29 Stat.
  • June 1, 1896: Married Women's Rights Act (District of Columbia), 29 Stat.
  • June 6, 1896: Filled Cheese Act, 29 Stat.
  • January 13, 1897: Stock Reservoir Act, 29 Stat. , (43 U.S.C. et seq.)
  • March 2, 1897: Tea Importation Act, 29 Stat. , (21 U.S.C. et seq.)

States admitted

  • January 4, 1896: Utah was admitted as the 45th state.

Party summary

This count 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

Party (shading shows control)TotalVacant
Democratic (D)Populist (P)Republican (R)Silver Republican (SR)Silver (S)
End of previous congress4334101880
Begin3944202871
End4044900
Final voting share44.4%4.4%48.9%0.0%2.2%
Beginning of next congress3354352882

House of Representatives

Party (shading shows control)TotalVacant
Democratic (D)Populist (P)Republican (R)Silver (S)Other (O)
End of previous congress21411123113506
Begin1047240103524
End9492523561
Final voting share26.4%2.5%70.8%0.3%0.0%
Beginning of next congress12622202143552

Leadership

President of the Senate Adlai E. Stevenson
Speaker of the House Thomas B. Reed

Senate

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

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

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 the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1896.

Alabama ▌2. John T. Morgan (D) ▌3. James L. Pugh (D) Arkansas ▌2. James H. Berry (D) ▌3. James K. Jones (D) California ▌1. Stephen M. White (D) ▌3. George C. Perkins (R) Colorado ▌2. Edward O. Wolcott (R) ▌3. Henry M. Teller (R) Connecticut ▌1. Joseph R. Hawley (R) ▌3. Orville H. Platt (R) Delaware ▌1. George Gray (D) ▌2. Richard R. Kenney (D), from January 19, 1897 Florida ▌1. Samuel Pasco (D) ▌3. Wilkinson Call (D) Georgia ▌2. Augustus O. Bacon (D) ▌3. John B. Gordon (D) Idaho ▌2. George L. Shoup (R) ▌3. Fred T. Dubois (R) Illinois ▌2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) ▌3. John McAuley Palmer (D) Indiana ▌1. David Turpie (D) ▌3. Daniel W. Voorhees (D) Iowa ▌2. John H. Gear (R) ▌3. William B. Allison (R) Kansas ▌2. Lucien Baker (R) ▌3. William A. Peffer (P) Kentucky ▌2. William Lindsay (D) ▌3. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D) Louisiana ▌2. Donelson Caffery (D) ▌3. Newton C. Blanchard (D) Maine ▌1. Eugene Hale (R) ▌2. William P. Frye (R) Maryland ▌1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D) ▌3. Charles H. Gibson (D) Massachusetts ▌1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R) ▌2. George F. Hoar (R) Michigan ▌1. Julius C. Burrows (R) ▌2. James McMillan (R) Minnesota ▌1. Cushman K. Davis (R) ▌2. Knute Nelson (R) Mississippi ▌1. James Z. George (D) ▌2. Edward C. Walthall (D) Missouri ▌1. Francis Cockrell (D) ▌3. George G. Vest (D) Montana ▌1. Lee Mantle (R) ▌2. Thomas H. Carter (R)Nebraska ▌1. William V. Allen (P) ▌2. John M. Thurston (R) Nevada ▌1. William M. Stewart (S) ▌3. John P. Jones (S) New Hampshire ▌2. William E. Chandler (R) ▌3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R) New Jersey ▌1. James Smith Jr. (D) ▌2. William J. Sewell (R) New York ▌1. Edward Murphy Jr. (D) ▌3. David B. Hill (D) North Carolina ▌2. Marion Butler (P) ▌3. Jeter C. Pritchard (R) North Dakota ▌1. William N. Roach (D) ▌3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R) Ohio ▌1. John Sherman (R) ▌3. Calvin S. Brice (D) Oregon ▌2. George W. McBride (R) ▌3. John H. Mitchell (R) Pennsylvania ▌1. Matthew S. Quay (R) ▌3. J. Donald Cameron (R) Rhode Island ▌1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R) ▌2. George P. Wetmore (R) South Carolina ▌2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D) ▌3. John L. M. Irby (D) South Dakota ▌2. Richard F. Pettigrew (R) ▌3. James H. Kyle (P) Tennessee ▌1. William B. Bate (D) ▌2. Isham G. Harris (D) Texas ▌1. Roger Q. Mills (D) ▌2. Horace Chilton (D) Utah ▌1. Frank J. Cannon (R), from January 22, 1896 ▌3. Arthur Brown (R), from January 22, 1896 Vermont ▌1. Redfield Proctor (R) ▌3. Justin S. Morrill (R) Virginia ▌1. John W. Daniel (D) ▌2. Thomas S. Martin (D) Washington ▌1. John L. Wilson (R) ▌3. Watson C. Squire (R) West Virginia ▌1. Charles J. Faulkner Jr. (D) ▌2. Stephen B. Elkins (R) Wisconsin ▌1. John L. Mitchell (D) ▌3. William F. Vilas (D) Wyoming ▌1. Clarence D. Clark (R) ▌2. Francis E. Warren (R)Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 54th Congress in March 1895. The green stripes represent Populists. 2 Democrats 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 2 Republicans 2 Silver

House of Representatives

The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

House seats by party holding plurality in state
Alabama ▌1. Richard H. Clarke (D) ▌2. Jesse F. Stallings (D) ▌3. George P. Harrison (D) ▌4. Gaston A. Robbins (D), until March 13, 1896 ▌William F. Aldrich (R), from March 13, 1896 ▌5. James E. Cobb (D), until April 21, 1896 ▌Albert T. Goodwyn (P), from April 22, 1896 ▌6. John H. Bankhead (D) ▌7. Milford W. Howard (P) ▌8. Joseph Wheeler (D) ▌9. Oscar Underwood (D), until June 9, 1896 ▌Truman H. Aldrich (R), from June 9, 1896 Arkansas ▌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. Robert Neill (D) California ▌1. John A. Barham (R) ▌2. Grove L. Johnson (R) ▌3. Samuel G. Hilborn (R) ▌4. James G. Maguire (D) ▌5. Eugene F. Loud (R) ▌6. James McLachlan (R) ▌7. William W. Bowers (R) Colorado ▌1. John F. Shafroth (R) ▌2. John C. Bell (P) Connecticut ▌1. E. Stevens Henry (R) ▌2. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R) ▌3. Charles A. Russell (R) ▌4. Ebenezer J. Hill (R) Delaware ▌At-large. Jonathan S. Willis (R) Florida ▌1. Stephen M. Sparkman (D) ▌2. Charles M. Cooper (D) Georgia ▌1. Rufus E. Lester (D) ▌2. Benjamin E. Russell (D) ▌3. Charles F. Crisp (D), until October 23, 1896 ▌Charles R. Crisp (D), from December 19, 1896 ▌4. Charles L. Moses (D) ▌5. Leonidas F. Livingston (D) ▌6. Charles L. Bartlett (D) ▌7. John W. Maddox (D) ▌8. Thomas G. Lawson (D) ▌9. Farish C. Tate (D) ▌10. James C. C. Black (D), until March 4, 1895 ▌James C. C. Black (D), from October 2, 1895 ▌11. Henry G. Turner (D) Idaho ▌At-large. Edgar Wilson (R) Illinois ▌1. J. Frank Aldrich (R) ▌2. William Lorimer (R) ▌3. Lawrence E. McGann (D), until December 27, 1895 ▌Hugh R. Belknap (R), from December 27, 1895 ▌4. Charles W. Woodman (R) ▌5. George E. White (R) ▌6. Edward D. Cooke (R) ▌7. George E. Foss (R) ▌8. Albert J. Hopkins (R) ▌9. Robert R. Hitt (R) ▌10. George W. Prince (R), from December 2, 1895 ▌11. Walter Reeves (R) ▌12. Joseph G. Cannon (R) ▌13. Vespasian Warner (R) ▌14. Joseph V. Graff (R) ▌15. Benjamin F. Marsh (R) ▌16. Finis E. Downing (D), until June 5, 1896 ▌John I. Rinaker (R), from June 5, 1896 ▌17. James A. Connolly (R) ▌18. Frederick Remann (R), until July 14, 1895 ▌William F. L. Hadley (R), from December 2, 1895 ▌19. Benson Wood (R) ▌20. Orlando Burrell (R) ▌21. Everett J. Murphy (R) ▌22. George Washington Smith (R) Indiana ▌1. James A. Hemenway (R) ▌2. Alexander M. Hardy (R) ▌3. Robert J. Tracewell (R) ▌4. James E. Watson (R) ▌5. Jesse Overstreet (R) ▌6. Henry U. Johnson (R) ▌7. Charles L. Henry (R) ▌8. George W. Faris (R) ▌9. J. Frank Hanly (R) ▌10. Jethro A. Hatch (R) ▌11. George W. Steele (R) ▌12. Jacob D. Leighty (R) ▌13. Lemuel W. Royse (R) Iowa ▌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) Kansas ▌1. Case Broderick (R) ▌2. Orrin L. Miller (R) ▌3. Snyder S. Kirkpatrick (R) ▌4. Charles Curtis (R) ▌5. William A. Calderhead (R) ▌6. William Baker (P) ▌7. Chester I. Long (R) ▌At-large. Richard W. Blue (R) Kentucky ▌1. John K. Hendrick (D) ▌2. John D. Clardy (D) ▌3. W. Godfrey Hunter (R) ▌4. John W. Lewis (R) ▌5. Walter Evans (R) ▌6. Albert S. Berry (D) ▌7. William C. Owens (D) ▌8. James B. McCreary (D) ▌9. Samuel J. Pugh (R) ▌10. Joseph M. Kendall (D), until February 18, 1897 ▌Nathan T. Hopkins (R), from February 18, 1897 ▌11. David G. Colson (R) Louisiana ▌1. Adolph Meyer (D) ▌2. Charles F. Buck (D) ▌3. Andrew Price (D) ▌4. Henry W. Ogden (D) ▌5. Charles J. Boatner (D), until March 20, 1896 ▌Charles J. Boatner (D), from June 10, 1896 ▌6. Samuel M. Robertson (D) Maine ▌1. Thomas B. Reed (R) ▌2. Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) ▌3. Seth L. Milliken (R) ▌4. Charles A. Boutelle (R) Maryland ▌1. Joshua W. Miles (D) ▌2. William B. Baker (R) ▌3. Henry W. Rusk (D) ▌4. John K. Cowen (D) ▌5. Charles E. Coffin (R) ▌6. George L. Wellington (R) Massachusetts ▌1. Ashley B. Wright (R) ▌2. Frederick H. Gillett (R) ▌3. Joseph H. Walker (R) ▌4. Lewis D. Apsley (R) ▌5. William S. Knox (R) ▌6. William Cogswell (R), until May 22, 1895 ▌William H. Moody (R), from November 5, 1895 ▌7. William E. Barrett (R) ▌8. Samuel W. McCall (R) ▌9. John F. Fitzgerald (D) ▌10. Harrison H. Atwood (R) ▌11. William F. Draper (R) ▌12. Elijah A. Morse (R) ▌13. John Simpkins (R) Michigan ▌1. John B. Corliss (R) ▌2. George Spalding (R) ▌3. Alfred Milnes (R), from December 2, 1895 ▌4. Henry F. Thomas (R) ▌5. William Alden Smith (R) ▌6. David D. Aitken (R) ▌7. Horace G. Snover (R) ▌8. William S. Linton (R) ▌9. Roswell P. Bishop (R) ▌10. Rousseau O. Crump (R) ▌11. John Avery (R) ▌12. Samuel M. Stephenson (R) Minnesota ▌1. James Albertus Tawney (R) ▌2. James T. McCleary (R) ▌3. Joel Heatwole (R) ▌4. Andrew R. Kiefer (R) ▌5. Loren Fletcher (R) ▌6. Charles A. Towne (R) ▌7. Frank Eddy (R) Mississippi ▌1. John M. Allen (D) ▌2. John C. Kyle (D) ▌3. Thomas C. Catchings (D) ▌4. Hernando D. Money (D) ▌5. John Sharp Williams (D) ▌6. Walter McKennon Denny (D) ▌7. James G. Spencer (D) Missouri ▌1. Charles N. Clark (R) ▌2. Uriel S. Hall (D) ▌3. Alexander M. Dockery (D) ▌4. George C. Crowther (R) ▌5. John C. Tarsney (D), until February 27, 1896 ▌Robert T. Van Horn (R), from February 27, 1896 ▌6. David A. De Armond (D) ▌7. John P. Tracey (R) ▌8. Joel D. Hubbard (R) ▌9. William M. Treloar (R) ▌10. Richard Bartholdt (R) ▌11. Charles F. Joy (R) ▌12. Seth W. Cobb (D) ▌13. John H. Raney (R) ▌14. Norman A. Mozley (R) ▌15. Charles G. Burton (R) Montana ▌At-large. Charles S. Hartman (R)Nebraska ▌1. Jesse B. Strode (R) ▌2. David H. Mercer (R) ▌3. George D. Meiklejohn (R) ▌4. Eugene J. Hainer (R) ▌5. William E. Andrews (R) ▌6. Omer M. Kem (P) Nevada ▌At-large. Francis G. Newlands (S) New Hampshire ▌1. Cyrus A. Sulloway (R) ▌2. Henry M. Baker (R) New Jersey ▌1. Henry C. Loudenslager (R) ▌2. John J. Gardner (R) ▌3. Benjamin F. Howell (R) ▌4. Mahlon Pitney (R) ▌5. James F. Stewart (R) ▌6. Richard Wayne Parker (R) ▌7. Thomas McEwan Jr. (R) ▌8. Charles N. Fowler (R) New York ▌1. Richard Cunningham McCormick (R) ▌2. Denis M. Hurley (R) ▌3. Francis H. Wilson (R) ▌4. Israel F. Fischer (R) ▌5. Charles G. Bennett (R) ▌6. James R. Howe (R) ▌7. Franklin Bartlett (D) ▌8. James J. Walsh (D), until June 2, 1896 ▌John M. Mitchell (R), from June 2, 1896 ▌9. Henry C. Miner (D) ▌10. Amos J. Cummings (D) from November 5, 1895 ▌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. Benjamin L. Fairchild (R) ▌17. Benjamin Odell (R) ▌18. Jacob LeFever (R) ▌19. Frank S. Black (R), until January 7, 1897 ▌20. George N. Southwick (R) ▌21. David F. Wilber (R) ▌22. Newton M. Curtis (R) ▌23. Wallace T. Foote Jr. (R) ▌24. Charles A. Chickering (R) ▌25. James S. Sherman (R) ▌26. George W. Ray (R) ▌27. Theodore L. Poole (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. Charles Daniels (R) ▌34. Warren B. Hooker (R) North Carolina ▌1. Harry Skinner (P) ▌2. Frederick A. Woodard (D) ▌3. John G. Shaw (D) ▌4. William F. Strowd (P) ▌5. Thomas Settle III (R) ▌6. James A. Lockhart (D), until June 5, 1896 ▌Charles H. Martin (P), from June 5, 1896 ▌7. Alonzo C. Shuford (P) ▌8. Romulus Z. Linney (R) ▌9. Richmond Pearson (R) North Dakota ▌At-large. Martin N. Johnson (R) Ohio ▌1. Charles P. Taft (R) ▌2. Jacob H. Bromwell (R) ▌3. Paul J. Sorg (D) ▌4. Fernando C. Layton (D) ▌5. Francis B. De Witt (R) ▌6. George W. Hulick (R) ▌7. George W. Wilson (R) ▌8. Luther M. Strong (R) ▌9. James H. Southard (R) ▌10. Lucien J. Fenton (R) ▌11. Charles H. Grosvenor (R) ▌12. David K. Watson (R) ▌13. Stephen R. Harris (R) ▌14. Winfield S. Kerr (R) ▌15. Henry C. Van Voorhis (R) ▌16. Lorenzo Danford (R) ▌17. Addison S. McClure (R) ▌18. Robert W. Tayler (R) ▌19. Stephen A. Northway (R) ▌20. Clifton B. Beach (R) ▌21. Theodore E. Burton (R) Oregon ▌1. Binger Hermann (R) ▌2. William R. Ellis (R) Pennsylvania ▌1. Henry H. Bingham (R) ▌2. Robert Adams Jr. (R) ▌3. Frederick Halterman (R) ▌4. John E. Reyburn (R) ▌5. Alfred C. Harmer (R) ▌6. John B. Robinson (R) ▌7. Irving P. Wanger (R) ▌8. Joseph J. Hart (D) ▌9. Constantine J. Erdman (D) ▌10. Marriott Brosius (R) ▌11. Joseph A. Scranton (R) ▌12. John Leisenring (R) ▌13. Charles N. Brumm (R) ▌14. Ephraim M. Woomer (R) ▌15. James H. Codding (R), from November 5, 1895 ▌16. Fred C. Leonard (R) ▌17. Monroe H. Kulp (R) ▌18. Thaddeus M. Mahon (R) ▌19. James A. Stahle (R) ▌20. Josiah D. Hicks (R) ▌21. Daniel B. Heiner (R) ▌22. John Dalzell (R) ▌23. William A. Stone (R) ▌24. Ernest F. Acheson (R) ▌25. Thomas W. Phillips (R) ▌26. Matthew Griswold (R) ▌27. Charles W. Stone (R) ▌28. William C. Arnold (R) ▌At-large. Galusha A. Grow (R) ▌At-large. George F. Huff (R) Rhode Island ▌1. Melville Bull (R) ▌2. Warren O. Arnold (R) South Carolina ▌1. William Elliott (D), until June 4, 1896 ▌George W. Murray (R), from June 4, 1896 ▌2. William J. Talbert (D) ▌3. Asbury C. Latimer (D) ▌4. Stanyarne Wilson (D) ▌5. Thomas J. Strait (D) ▌6. John L. McLaurin (D) ▌7. J. William Stokes (D), until June 1, 1896 ▌J. William Stokes (D), from November 3, 1896 South Dakota Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. (2 Republicans) ▌At-large. Robert J. Gamble (R) ▌At-large. John A. Pickler (R) Tennessee ▌1. William C. Anderson (R) ▌2. Henry R. Gibson (R) ▌3. Foster V. Brown (R) ▌4. Benton McMillin (D) ▌5. James D. Richardson (D) ▌6. Joseph E. Washington (D) ▌7. Nicholas N. Cox (D) ▌8. John E. McCall (R) ▌9. James C. McDearmon (D) ▌10. Josiah Patterson (D) Texas ▌1. Joseph C. Hutcheson (D) ▌2. Samuel B. Cooper (D) ▌3. Charles H. Yoakum (D) ▌4. David B. Culberson (D) ▌5. Joseph W. Bailey (D) ▌6. Joseph Abbott (D) ▌7. George C. Pendleton (D) ▌8. Charles K. Bell (D) ▌9. Joseph D. Sayers (D) ▌10. Miles Crowley (D) ▌11. William H. Crain (D), until February 10, 1896 ▌Rudolph Kleberg (D), from April 7, 1896 ▌12. George H. Noonan (R) ▌13. Jeremiah V. Cockrell (D) Utah ▌At-large. Clarence E. Allen (R), from January 4, 1896 Vermont ▌1. H. Henry Powers (R) ▌2. William W. Grout (R) Virginia ▌1. William A. Jones (D) ▌2. D. Gardiner Tyler (D) ▌3. Tazewell Ellett (D) ▌4. William R. McKenney (D), until May 2, 1896 ▌Robert T. Thorp (R), from May 2, 1896 ▌5. Claude A. Swanson (D) ▌6. Peter J. Otey (D) ▌7. Smith S. Turner (D) ▌8. Elisha E. Meredith (D) ▌9. James A. Walker (R) ▌10. Henry St. George Tucker III (D) Washington Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. (2 Republicans) ▌At-large. William H. Doolittle (R) ▌At-large. Samuel C. Hyde (R) West Virginia ▌1. Blackburn B. Dovener (R) ▌2. Alston G. Dayton (R) ▌3. James H. Huling (R) ▌4. Warren Miller (R) Wisconsin ▌1. Henry Allen Cooper (R) ▌2. Edward Sauerhering (R) ▌3. Joseph W. Babcock (R) ▌4. Theobald Otjen (R) ▌5. Samuel S. Barney (R) ▌6. Samuel A. Cook (R) ▌7. Michael Griffin (R) ▌8. Edward S. Minor (R) ▌9. Alexander Stewart (R) ▌10. John J. Jenkins (R) Wyoming ▌At-large. Frank W. Mondell (R) Non-voting members ▌Arizona Territory. Nathan O. Murphy (R) ▌New Mexico Territory. Thomas B. Catron (R) ▌Oklahoma Territory. Dennis T. Flynn (R) ▌Utah Territory. Frank J. Cannon (R), until January 4, 1896House 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
80+% to 100% Democratic80+% to 100% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% DemocraticUp to 60% Republican

Changes in membership

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

Senate

Two seats were added when Utah was admitted and one seat was filled late.

Senate changes
State (class)Vacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of successor's formal installation
Utah (1)New seatState was admitted to the UnionFrank J. Cannon (R)January 22, 1896New seatUtah (1)State was admitted to the UnionArthur Brown (R)January 22, 1896
Delaware (2)VacantLegislature had failed to elect. A successor was eventually electedRichard R. Kenney (D)January 19, 1897

House of Representatives

There were 4 deaths, 2 resignations, 13 election challenges, 1 new seat, and 4 seats vacant from the previous Congress. Democrats had a 10-seat net loss; Republicans had a 12-seat net gain; and Populists had a 2-seat net gain.

House changes
DistrictVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of successor's formal installation
New York 10VacantRepresentative-elect Andrew J. Campbell died before the start of Congress. New member elected November 5, 1895.Amos J. Cummings (D)November 5, 1895
Illinois 10VacantPhilip S. Post (R) was re-elected, but died before this Congress. New member elected December 2, 1895.George W. Prince (R)December 2, 1895
Michigan 3VacantJulius C. Burrows (R) was re-elected, but resigned in the previous Congress to serve in the Senate. New member elected December 2, 1895.Alfred Milnes (R)December 2, 1895
Pennsylvania 15VacantRep-elect Myron B. Wright died in office. New member elected November 5, 1895.James H. Codding (R)November 5, 1895
Utah Territory at-largeFrank J. Cannon (R)Seat eliminated January 4, 1896, upon statehood.Seat eliminated
Utah at-largeNew seatState was admitted to the Union. New member elected November 5, 1895.Clarence E. Allen (R)January 4, 1896
Georgia 10James C. C. Black (D)Resigned March 4, 1895. Incumbent was subsequently re-elected October 2, 1895.James C. C. Black (D)October 2, 1895
Massachusetts 6William Cogswell (R)Died May 22, 1895. New member elected November 5, 1895.William H. Moody (R)November 5, 1895
Illinois 18Frederick Remann (R)Died July 14, 1895. New member elected December 2, 1895.William F. L. Hadley (R)December 2, 1895
Illinois 3Lawrence E. McGann (D)Election was successfully challenged December 27, 1895.Hugh R. Belknap (R)December 27, 1895
Texas 11William H. Crain (D)Died February 10, 1896. New member elected April 7, 1896.Rudolph Kleberg (D)April 7, 1896
Missouri 5John C. Tarsney (D)Election was successfully challenged February 27, 1896.Robert T. Van Horn (R)February 27, 1896
Alabama 4Gaston A. Robbins (D)Election was successfully challenged March 13, 1896.William F. Aldrich (R)March 13, 1896
Virginia 4William R. McKenney (D)Election was successfully challenged May 2, 1896.Robert T. Thorp (R)May 2, 1896
Louisiana 5Charles J. Boatner (D)Election was challenged and declared vacant March 20, 1896. Incumbent was subsequently elected June 10, 1896.Charles J. Boatner (D)June 10, 1896
Alabama 5James E. Cobb (D)Election was successfully challenged April 21, 1896.Albert T. Goodwyn (P)April 22, 1896
South Carolina 7J. William Stokes (D)Seat declared vacant June 1, 1896. Incumbent was subsequently elected November 3, 1896.J. William Stokes (D)November 3, 1896
New York 8James J. Walsh (D)Election was successfully challenged June 2, 1896.John M. Mitchell (R)June 2, 1896
South Carolina 1William Elliott (D)Election was successfully challenged June 4, 1896.George W. Murray (R)June 4, 1896
Illinois 16Finis E. Downing (D)Election was successfully challenged June 5, 1896.John I. Rinaker (R)June 5, 1896
North Carolina 6James A. Lockhart (D)Election was successfully challenged June 5, 1896.Charles H. Martin (P)June 5, 1896
Alabama 9Oscar W. Underwood (D)Election was successfully challenged June 9, 1896.Truman H. Aldrich (R)June 9, 1896
Georgia 3Charles F. Crisp (D)Died October 23, 1896. New member elected December 19, 1896.Charles R. Crisp (D)December 19, 1896
New York 19Frank S. Black (R)Resigned January 7, 1897.Vacant until next Congress
Kentucky 10Joseph M. Kendall (D)Election was successfully challenged February 18, 1897.Nathan T. Hopkins (R)February 18, 1897

Committees

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.

Senate Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom) Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Redfield Proctor; Ranking Member: James Z. George) 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: James K. Jones) Canadian Relations (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member: Edward Murphy Jr.) Census (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: David Turpie) Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Jeter C. Pritchard; Ranking Member: John B. Gordon) Claims (Chairman: Watson C. Squire; Ranking Member: Samuel Pasco) Coast Defenses (Chairman: Watson C. Squire; Ranking Member: John B. Gordon) Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: James K. Jones; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) District of Columbia (Chairman: James McMillan; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) Education and Labor (Chairman: George L. Shoup; Ranking Member: James Z. George) Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: Lucien Baker) Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member: Donelson Caffery) Epidemic Diseases (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger) Establish a University in the United States (Select) Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: James H. Kyle; Ranking Member: George Gray) Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) Fisheries (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Wilkinson Call) Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: George Gray; Ranking Member: Orville H. Platt) Foreign Relations (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: John Tyler Morgan) Forest Reservations (Select) (Chairman: William V. Allen) Geological Survey (Select) (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Edward C. Walthall) Immigration (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: David B. Hill) Indian Affairs (Chairman: Richard F. Pettigrew; Ranking Member: William V. Allen) Indian Depredations (Chairman: John L. Wilson; Ranking Member: William Lindsay) International Expositions (Select) (Chairman: John M. Thurston; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman) Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Stephen M. White) Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: James L. Pugh) Library (Chairman: Henry C. Hansbrough; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) Manufactures (Chairman: George P. Wetmore; Ranking Member: Charles H. Gibson) Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: William B. Bate) Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: William B. Bate) Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Knute Nelson) National Banks (Select) (Chairman: Lee Mantle; Ranking Member: John L. Mitchell) Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn) Nicaragua Canal (Select) (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: John H. Mitchell) Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman: Marion Butler; Ranking Member: James Smith Jr.) Pacific Railroads (Chairman: John H. Gear; Ranking Member: Calvin S. Brice) Patents (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Wilkinson Call) Pensions (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: John M. Palmer) Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Marion Butler) Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman: James Z. George; Ranking Member: William P. Frye) Printing (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman) Private Land Claims (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale) Privileges and Elections (Chairman: John H. Mitchell; Ranking Member: George Gray) Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: George S. Vest) Public Lands (Chairman: Fred T. Dubois; Ranking Member: William V. Allen) Railroads (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: James H. Berry) Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel) Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: James L. Pugh; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron) Rules (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn) Tariff Regulation (Select) Tennessee Centennial Exposition (Select) Territories (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis; Ranking Member: David B. Hill) Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Joseph C.S. Blackburn; Ranking Member: George P. Wetmore) Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: George W. McBride; Ranking Member: John L. M. Irby) Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: Lucien Baker; Ranking Member: William N. Roach) Whole Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Wilkinson Call; Ranking Member: Matthew S. Quay) (Select)House of Representatives Accounts (Chairman: J. Frank Aldrich; Ranking Member: Melville Bull) Agriculture (Chairman: James W. Wadsworth; Ranking Member: Horace G. Snover) Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Elijah A. Morse; Ranking Member: Jonathan S. Willis) Appropriations (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon; Ranking Member: Joseph D. Sayers) Banking and Currency (Chairman: Joseph H. Walker; Ranking Member: Ebenezer J. Hill) Claims (Chairman: Charles N. Brumm; Ranking Member: David G. Colson) Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Charles W. Stone; Ranking Member: Benjamin L. Fairchild) Disposition of Executive Papers District of Columbia (Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock; Ranking Member: George L. Wellington) Education (Chairman: Galusha A. Grow; Ranking Member: David A. De Armond) Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Newton Martin Curtis; Ranking Member: John B. Corliss) Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Charles Daniels; Ranking Member: Romulus Z. Linney) Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Henry U. Johnson; Ranking Member: Chester I. Long) Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Samuel W. McCall; Ranking Member: James H. Codding) Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Alva L. Hager; Ranking Member: Benjamin E. Russell) Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles W. Gillet; Ranking Member: Uriel S. Hall) Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: William Sulzer) Expenditures in the Justice Department(Chairman: William R. Ellis; Ranking Member: Henry G. Turner) Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Henry F. Thomas; Ranking Member: Smith S. Turner) Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Henry H. Bingham; Ranking Member: Henry W. Ogden) Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Lemuel E. Quigg; Ranking Member: Rufus E. Lester) Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor; Ranking Member: J. William Stokes) Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William W. Grout; Ranking Member: Jeremiah V. Cockrell) Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas Settle; Ranking Member: Oscar W. Underwood) Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert R. Hitt; Ranking Member: Richmond Pearson) Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt; Ranking Member: Rowland B. Mahany) Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Binger Hermann; Ranking Member: Samuel C. Hyde) Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: George E. White) Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn; Ranking Member: John B. Corliss) Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John A. Pickler; Ranking Member: William E. Andrews) Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Henderson; Ranking Member: Foster V. Brown) Labor (Chairman: Thomas W. Phillips; Ranking Member: Paul J. Sorg) Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: George W. Ray; Ranking Member: W. Godfrey Hunter) Library (Chairman: Alfred C. Harmer; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings) Manufactures (Chairman: Lewis D. Apsley; Ranking Member: Monroe H. Kulp) Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: Edward S. Minor) Mileage (Chairman: Ashley B. Wright; Ranking Member: George C. Pendleton) Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: Lucien J. Fenton) Militia (Chairman: Benjamin F. Marsh; Ranking Member: Richard W. Parker) Mines and Mining (Chairman: David D. Aitken; Ranking Member: Frank M. Eddy) Naval Affairs (Chairman: Charles A. Boutelle; Ranking Member: Alston G. Dayton) Pacific Railroads (Chairman: H. Henry Powers; Ranking Member: George W. Faris) Patents (Chairman: William F. Draper; Ranking Member: Winfield S. Kerr) Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: Alexander M. Hardy) Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Eugene F. Loud; Ranking Member: Orrin L. Miller) Printing (Chairman: George D. Perkins; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson) Private Land Claims (Chairman: George W. Smith; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Howell) Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Seth L. Milliken; Ranking Member: Samuel C. Hyde) Public Lands (Chairman: John F. Lacey; Ranking Member: John F. Shafroth) Railways and Canals (Chairman: Charles A. Chickering; Ranking Member: Thomas McEwan Jr.) Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Marriott Brosius; Ranking Member: James McLachlan) Revision of Laws (Chairman: William W. Bowers; Ranking Member: Theobald Otjen) Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Warren B. Hooker; Ranking Member: Blackburn B. Dovener) Rules (Chairman: Thomas B. Reed; Ranking Member: Charles F. Crisp) Standards of Official Conduct Territories (Chairman: Joseph A. Scranton; Ranking Member: Philip B. Low) Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: William S. Linton; Ranking Member: Harry Skinner) War Claims (Chairman: Thaddeus M. Mahon; Ranking Member: Samuel Pugh) Ways and Means (Chairman: Nelson Dingley; Ranking Member: Charles F. Crisp) Whole

Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

  • 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.

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