The 59th 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, 1905, to March 4, 1907, during the fifth and sixth years of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1900 United States census. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate

Party (shading shows control)TotalVacant
Democratic (D)Republican (R)
End of previous congress3356891
Begin3256882
End58900
Final voting share35.6%64.4%
Beginning of next congress2961900

House of Representatives

Party (shading shows control)TotalVacant
Democratic (D)Republican (R)
End of previous congress1752093842
Begin1362493851
End1332463797
Final voting share35.1%64.9%
Beginning of next congress1622213833

Leaders

Senate leadership

Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
William P. Frye (R)

Presiding

House leadership

Joseph G. Cannon (R)

Presiding

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

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 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1906; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1908; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1910.

Alabama ▌2. John T. Morgan (D) ▌3. Edmund Pettus (D) Arkansas ▌2. James H. Berry (D) ▌3. James P. Clarke (D) California ▌1. Frank P. Flint (R) ▌3. George C. Perkins (R) Colorado ▌2. Thomas M. Patterson (D) ▌3. Henry M. Teller (D) Connecticut ▌1. Morgan G. Bulkeley (R) ▌3. Orville H. Platt (R), until April 21, 1905 ▌Frank B. Brandegee (R), from May 10, 1905 Delaware ▌1. Henry A. du Pont, (R), from June 13, 1906 ▌2. J. Frank Allee (R) Florida ▌2. James P. Taliaferro (D) ▌3. Stephen Mallory (D) Georgia ▌2. Augustus O. Bacon (D) ▌3. Alexander S. Clay (D) Idaho ▌2. Fred Dubois (D) ▌3. Weldon B. Heyburn (R) Illinois ▌2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) ▌3. Albert J. Hopkins (R) Indiana ▌1. Albert J. Beveridge (R) ▌3. James A. Hemenway (R) Iowa ▌2. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R) ▌3. William B. Allison (R) Kansas ▌2. Joseph R. Burton (R), until June 4, 1906 ▌Alfred W. Benson (R), June 11, 1906 - January 23, 1907 ▌Charles Curtis (R), from January 29, 1907 ▌3. Chester I. Long (R) Kentucky ▌2. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D) ▌3. James B. McCreary (D) Louisiana ▌2. Murphy J. Foster (D) ▌3. Samuel D. McEnery (D) Maine ▌1. Eugene Hale (R) ▌2. William P. Frye (R) Maryland ▌1. Isidor Rayner (D) ▌3. Arthur P. Gorman (D), until June 4, 1906 ▌William Pinkney Whyte (D), from June 8, 1906 Massachusetts ▌1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R) ▌2. Winthrop M. Crane (R) Michigan ▌1. Julius C. Burrows (R) ▌2. Russell A. Alger (R), until January 24, 1907 ▌William Alden Smith (R), from February 6, 1907 Minnesota ▌1. Moses E. Clapp (R) ▌2. Knute Nelson (R) Mississippi ▌1. Hernando D. Money (D) ▌2. Anselm J. McLaurin (D) Missouri ▌1. William Warner (R), from March 18, 1905 ▌3. William J. Stone (D) Montana ▌1. Thomas H. Carter (R) ▌2. William A. Clark (D)Nebraska ▌1. Elmer J. Burkett (R) ▌2. Joseph H. Millard (R) Nevada ▌1. George S. Nixon (R) ▌3. Francis G. Newlands (D) New Hampshire ▌2. Henry E. Burnham (R) ▌3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R) New Jersey ▌1. John Kean Jr. (R) ▌2. John F. Dryden (R) New York ▌1. Chauncey M. Depew (R) ▌3. Thomas C. Platt (R) North Carolina ▌2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D) ▌3. Lee S. Overman (D) North Dakota ▌1. Porter J. McCumber (R) ▌3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R) Ohio ▌1. Charles W. F. Dick (R) ▌3. Joseph B. Foraker (R) Oregon ▌2. John H. Mitchell (R), until December 8, 1905 ▌John M. Gearin (D), December 13, 1905 - January 23, 1907 ▌Frederick W. Mulkey (R), from January 23, 1907 ▌3. Charles W. Fulton (R) Pennsylvania ▌1. Philander C. Knox (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. Asbury C. Latimer (D) South Dakota ▌2. Robert J. Gamble (R) ▌3. Alfred B. Kittredge (R) Tennessee ▌1. William B. Bate (D), until March 9, 1905 James B. Frazier (D), from March 21, 1905 ▌2. Edward W. Carmack (D) Texas ▌1. Charles A. Culberson (D) ▌2. Joseph W. Bailey (D) Utah ▌1. George Sutherland (R) ▌3. Reed Smoot (R) Vermont ▌1. Redfield Proctor (R) ▌3. William P. Dillingham (R) Virginia ▌1. John W. Daniel (D) ▌2. Thomas S. Martin (D) Washington ▌1. Samuel H. Piles (R) ▌3. Levi Ankeny (R) West Virginia ▌1. Nathan B. Scott (R) ▌2. Stephen B. Elkins (R) Wisconsin ▌1. Robert M. La Follette Sr. (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 59th Congress in March 1905. 2 Democrats 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 2 Republicans Territories

House of Representatives

House seats by party holding plurality in state
Alabama ▌1. George W. Taylor (D) ▌2. Ariosto A. Wiley (D) ▌3. Henry D. Clayton (D) ▌4. Sydney J. Bowie (D) ▌5. J. Thomas Heflin (D) ▌6. John H. Bankhead (D) ▌7. John L. Burnett (D) ▌8. William N. Richardson (D) ▌9. Oscar Underwood (D) Arkansas ▌1. Robert B. Macon (D) ▌2. Stephen Brundidge Jr. (D) ▌3. John C. Floyd (D) ▌4. John S. Little (D), until January 14, 1907 ▌5. Charles C. Reid (D) ▌6. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) ▌7. Robert M. Wallace (D) California ▌1. James N. Gillett (R), until November 4, 1906 ▌William F. Englebright (R), from November 6, 1906 ▌2. Duncan E. McKinlay (R) ▌3. Joseph R. Knowland (R) ▌4. Julius Kahn (R) ▌5. Everis A. Hayes (R) ▌6. James C. Needham (R) ▌7. James McLachlan (R) ▌8. Sylvester C. Smith (R) Colorado ▌1. Robert W. Bonynge (R) ▌2. Herschel M. Hogg (R) ▌At-large. Franklin E. Brooks (R) Connecticut ▌1. E. Stevens Henry (R) ▌2. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R) ▌3. Frank B. Brandegee (R), until May 10, 1905 ▌Edwin W. Higgins (R), from October 2, 1905 ▌4. Ebenezer J. Hill (R) ▌At-large. George L. Lilley (R) Delaware ▌At-large. Hiram R. Burton (R) Florida ▌1. Stephen M. Sparkman (D) ▌2. Frank Clark (D) ▌3. William B. Lamar (D) Georgia ▌1. Rufus E. Lester (D), until June 16, 1906 ▌James W. Overstreet (D), from October 3, 1906 ▌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. Gordon Lee (D) ▌8. William M. Howard (D) ▌9. Thomas Montgomery Bell (D) ▌10. Thomas W. Hardwick (D) ▌11. William G. Brantley (D) Idaho ▌At-large. Burton L. French (R) Illinois ▌1. Martin B. Madden (R) ▌2. James R. Mann (R) ▌3. William W. Wilson (R) ▌4. Charles S. Wharton (R) ▌5. Anthony Michalek (R) ▌6. William Lorimer (R) ▌7. Philip Knopf (R) ▌8. Charles McGavin (R) ▌9. Henry S. Boutell (R) ▌10. George E. Foss (R) ▌11. Howard M. Snapp (R) ▌12. Charles Eugene Fuller (R) ▌13. Robert R. Hitt (R), until September 20, 1906 ▌Frank O. Lowden (R), from November 6, 1906 ▌14. Benjamin F. Marsh (R), until June 2, 1905 ▌James McKinney (R), from November 7, 1905 ▌15. George W. Prince (R) ▌16. Joseph V. Graff (R) ▌17. John A. Sterling (R) ▌18. Joseph G. Cannon (R) ▌19. William B. McKinley (R) ▌20. Henry T. Rainey (D) ▌21. Zeno J. Rives (R) ▌22. William A. Rodenberg (R) ▌23. Frank S. Dickson (R) ▌24. Pleasant T. Chapman (R) ▌25. George Washington Smith (R) Indiana ▌1. John H. Foster (R), from May 16, 1905 ▌2. John C. Chaney (R) ▌3. William T. Zenor (D) ▌4. Lincoln Dixon (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. Frederick Landis (R) ▌12. Newton W. Gilbert (R), until November 6, 1906 ▌Clarence C. Gilhams (R), from November 6, 1906 ▌13. Abraham L. Brick (R) Iowa ▌1. Thomas Hedge (R) ▌2. Albert F. Dawson (R) ▌3. Benjamin P. Birdsall (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. Elbert H. Hubbard (R) Kansas ▌1. Charles Curtis (R), until January 28, 1907 ▌2. Justin De Witt Bowersock (R) ▌3. Philip P. Campbell (R) ▌4. James Monroe Miller (R) ▌5. William A. Calderhead (R) ▌6. William A. Reeder (R) ▌7. Victor Murdock (R) ▌At-large. Charles Frederick Scott (R) Kentucky ▌1. Ollie M. James (D) ▌2. Augustus Stanley (D) ▌3. James M. Richardson (D) ▌4. David Highbaugh Smith (D) ▌5. J. Swagar Sherley (D) ▌6. Joseph L. Rhinock (D) ▌7. South Trimble (D) ▌8. George G. Gilbert (D) ▌9. Joseph B. Bennett (R) ▌10. Francis A. Hopkins (D) ▌11. Don C. Edwards (R) Louisiana ▌1. Adolph Meyer (D) ▌2. Robert C. Davey (D) ▌3. Robert F. Broussard (D) ▌4. John Thomas Watkins (D) ▌5. Joseph E. Ransdell (D) ▌6. Samuel M. Robertson (D) ▌7. Arsène Paulin Pujó (D) Maine ▌1. Amos L. Allen (R) ▌2. Charles E. Littlefield (R) ▌3. Edwin C. Burleigh (R) ▌4. Llewellyn Powers (R) Maryland ▌1. Thomas A. Smith (D) ▌2. J. Frederick C. Talbott (D) ▌3. Frank C. Wachter (R) ▌4. John Gill Jr. (D) ▌5. Sydney E. Mudd (R) ▌6. George A. Pearre (R) Massachusetts ▌1. George P. Lawrence (R) ▌2. Frederick H. Gillett (R) ▌3. Rockwood Hoar (R), until November 1, 1906 ▌Charles G. Washburn (R), from December 18, 1906 ▌4. Charles Q. Tirrell (R) ▌5. Butler Ames (R) ▌6. Augustus P. Gardner (R) ▌7. Ernest W. Roberts (R) ▌8. Samuel W. McCall (R) ▌9. John A. Keliher (D) ▌10. William S. McNary (D) ▌11. John Andrew Sullivan (D) ▌12. John W. Weeks (R) ▌13. William S. Greene (R) ▌14. William C. Lovering (R) Michigan ▌1. Edwin C. Denby (R) ▌2. Charles E. Townsend (R) ▌3. Washington Gardner (R) ▌4. Edward L. Hamilton (R) ▌5. William Alden Smith (R), until February 9, 1907 ▌6. Samuel W. Smith (R) ▌7. Henry McMorran (R) ▌8. Joseph W. Fordney (R) ▌9. Roswell P. Bishop (R) ▌10. George A. Loud (R) ▌11. Archibald B. Darragh (R) ▌12. H. Olin Young (R) Minnesota ▌1. James Albertus Tawney (R) ▌2. James T. McCleary (R) ▌3. Charles Russell Davis (R) ▌4. Frederick C. Stevens (R) ▌5. Loren Fletcher (R) ▌6. Clarence Buckman (R) ▌7. Andrew Volstead (R) ▌8. James Bede (R) ▌9. Halvor Steenerson (R) Mississippi ▌1. Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D) ▌2. Thomas Spight (D) ▌3. Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D) ▌4. Wilson S. Hill (D) ▌5. Adam M. Byrd (D) ▌6. Eaton J. Bowers (D) ▌7. Frank A. McLain (D) ▌8. John Sharp Williams (D) Missouri ▌1. James T. Lloyd (D) ▌2. William W. Rucker (D) ▌3. Frank B. Klepper (R) ▌4. Frank B. Fulkerson (R) ▌5. Edgar C. Ellis (R) ▌6. David A. De Armond (D) ▌7. John Welborn (R) ▌8. Dorsey W. Shackleford (D) ▌9. James Beauchamp Clark (D) ▌10. Richard Bartholdt (R) ▌11. John T. Hunt (D) ▌12. Ernest E. Wood (D), until June 23, 1906 ▌Harry M. Coudrey (R), from June 23, 1906 ▌13. Marion E. Rhodes (R) ▌14. William T. Tyndall (R) ▌15. Cassius M. Shartel (R) ▌16. Arthur P. Murphy (R) Montana ▌At-large. Joseph M. Dixon (R) Nebraska ▌1. Elmer J. Burkett (R), until March 4, 1905 ▌Ernest M. Pollard (R), from July 18, 1905 ▌2. John L. Kennedy (R) ▌3. John J. McCarthy (R) ▌4. Edmund H. Hinshaw (R) ▌5. George W. Norris (R) ▌6. Moses P. Kinkaid (R)Nevada ▌At-large. Clarence D. Van Duzer (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. Ira W. Wood (R) ▌5. Charles N. Fowler (R) ▌6. Henry C. Allen (R) ▌7. Richard Wayne Parker (R) ▌8. William H. Wiley (R) ▌9. Marshall Van Winkle (R) ▌10. Allan L. McDermott (D) New York ▌1. William W. Cocks (R) ▌2. George H. Lindsay (D) ▌3. Charles T. Dunwell (R) ▌4. Charles B. Law (R) ▌5. George E. Waldo (R) ▌6. William M. Calder (R) ▌7. John J. Fitzgerald (D) ▌8. Timothy D. Sullivan (D), until July 27, 1906 ▌Daniel J. Riordan (D), from November 6, 1906 ▌9. Henry M. Goldfogle (D) ▌10. William Sulzer (D) ▌11. William Randolph Hearst (D) ▌12. W. Bourke Cockran (D) ▌13. Herbert Parsons (R) ▌14. Charles A. Towne (D) ▌15. J. Van Vechten Olcott (R) ▌16. Jacob Ruppert (D) ▌17. William S. Bennet (R) ▌18. Joseph A. Goulden (D) ▌19. John E. Andrus (R) ▌20. Thomas W. Bradley (R) ▌21. John H. Ketcham (R), until November 4, 1906 ▌22. William H. Draper (R) ▌23. George N. Southwick (R) ▌24. Frank J. LeFevre (R) ▌25. Lucius N. Littauer (R) ▌26. William H. Flack (R), until February 2, 1907 ▌27. James S. Sherman (R) ▌28. Charles L. Knapp (R) ▌29. Michael E. Driscoll (R) ▌30. John W. Dwight (R) ▌31. Sereno E. Payne (R) ▌32. James B. Perkins (R) ▌33. J. Sloat Fassett (R) ▌34. James W. Wadsworth (R) ▌35. William H. Ryan (D) ▌36. De Alva S. Alexander (R) ▌37. 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. Gilbert B. Patterson (D) ▌7. Robert N. Page (D) ▌8. E. Spencer Blackburn (R) ▌9. Edwin Y. Webb (D) ▌10. James M. Gudger Jr. (D) North Dakota ▌At-large. Thomas Frank Marshall (R) ▌At-large. Asle Gronna (R) Ohio ▌1. Nicholas Longworth (R) ▌2. Herman P. Goebel (R) ▌3. Robert M. Nevin (R) ▌4. Harvey C. Garber (D) ▌5. William Wildman Campbell (R) ▌6. Thomas E. Scroggy (R) ▌7. J. Warren Keifer (R) ▌8. Ralph D. Cole (R) ▌9. James H. Southard (R) ▌10. Henry T. Bannon (R) ▌11. Charles H. Grosvenor (R) ▌12. Edward L. Taylor Jr. (R) ▌13. Grant E. Mouser (R) ▌14. Amos R. Webber (R) ▌15. Beman G. Dawes (R) ▌16. Capell L. Weems (R) ▌17. Martin L. Smyser (R) ▌18. James Kennedy (R) ▌19. W. Aubrey Thomas (R) ▌20. Jacob A. Beidler (R) ▌21. Theodore E. Burton (R) Oregon ▌1. Binger Hermann (R) ▌2. John N. Williamson (R) Pennsylvania ▌1. Henry H. Bingham (R) ▌2. Robert Adams Jr. (R), until June 1, 1906 ▌John E. Reyburn (R), from November 6, 1906 ▌3. George A. Castor (R), until February 19, 1906 ▌J. Hampton Moore (R), from November 6, 1906 ▌4. Reuben O. Moon (R) ▌5. Edward D. Morrell (R) ▌6. George D. McCreary (R) ▌7. Thomas S. Butler (R) ▌8. Irving P. Wanger (R) ▌9. Henry B. Cassel (R) ▌10. Thomas H. Dale (R) ▌11. Henry W. Palmer (R) ▌12. George R. Patterson (R), until March 21, 1906 ▌Charles N. Brumm (R), from November 6, 1906 ▌13. Marcus C. L. Kline (D) ▌14. Mial E. Lilley (R) ▌15. Elias Deemer (R) ▌16. Edmund W. Samuel (R) ▌17. Thaddeus M. Mahon (R) ▌18. Marlin E. Olmsted (R) ▌19. John M. Reynolds (R) ▌20. Daniel F. Lafean (R) ▌21. Solomon R. Dresser (R) ▌22. George F. Huff (R) ▌23. Allen F. Cooper (R) ▌24. Ernest F. Acheson (R) ▌25. Arthur L. Bates (R) ▌26. Gustav A. Schneebeli (R) ▌27. William O. Smith (R) ▌28. Joseph C. Sibley (R) ▌29. William H. Graham (R) ▌30. John Dalzell (R) ▌31. James F. Burke (R) ▌32. Andrew J. Barchfeld (R) Rhode Island ▌1. Daniel L. D. Granger (D) ▌2. Adin B. Capron (R) South Carolina ▌1. George S. Legare (D) ▌2. James O. Patterson (D) ▌3. Wyatt Aiken (D) ▌4. Joseph T. Johnson (D) ▌5. David E. Finley (D) ▌6. J. Edwin Ellerbe (D) ▌7. Asbury F. Lever (D) South Dakota ▌At-large. Charles H. Burke (R) ▌At-large. Eben W. Martin (R) Tennessee ▌1. Walter P. Brownlow (R) ▌2. Nathan W. Hale (R) ▌3. John A. Moon (D) ▌4. Mounce G. Butler (D) ▌5. William C. Houston (D) ▌6. John W. Gaines (D) ▌7. Lemuel P. Padgett (D) ▌8. Thetus W. Sims (D) ▌9. Finis J. Garrett (D) ▌10. Malcolm R. Patterson (D), until November 5, 1906 Texas ▌1. Morris Sheppard (D) ▌2. Moses L. Broocks (D) ▌3. Gordon J. Russell (D) ▌4. Choice B. Randell (D) ▌5. James Andrew Beall (D) ▌6. Scott Field (D) ▌7. Alexander W. Gregg (D) ▌8. John M. Pinckney (D), until April 24, 1905 ▌John M. Moore (D), from June 6, 1905 ▌9. George Farmer Burgess (D) ▌10. Albert S. Burleson (D) ▌11. Robert L. Henry (D) ▌12. Oscar W. Gillespie (D) ▌13. John H. Stephens (D) ▌14. James L. Slayden (D) ▌15. John Nance Garner (D) ▌16. William R. Smith (D) Utah ▌At-large. Joseph Howell (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. Robert G. Southall (D) ▌5. Claude A. Swanson (D), until January 30, 1906 ▌Edward W. Saunders (D), from November 6, 1906 ▌6. Carter Glass (D) ▌7. James Hay (D) ▌8. John F. Rixey (D), until February 8, 1907 ▌9. Campbell Slemp (R) ▌10. Henry D. Flood (D) Washington ▌At-large. Wesley L. Jones (R) ▌At-large. Francis W. Cushman (R) ▌At-large. William E. Humphrey (R) West Virginia ▌1. Blackburn B. Dovener (R) ▌2. Alston G. Dayton (R), until March 16, 1905 ▌Thomas B. Davis (D), from June 6, 1905 ▌3. Joseph Holt Gaines (R) ▌4. Harry C. Woodyard (R) ▌5. James Anthony Hughes (R) Wisconsin ▌1. Henry Allen Cooper (R) ▌2. Henry C. Adams (R), until July 9, 1906 ▌John M. Nelson (R), from September 4, 1906 ▌3. Joseph W. Babcock (R) ▌4. Theobald Otjen (R) ▌5. William H. Stafford (R) ▌6. Charles H. Weisse (D) ▌7. John J. Esch (R) ▌8. James H. Davidson (R) ▌9. Edward S. Minor (R) ▌10. Webster E. Brown (R) ▌11. John J. Jenkins (R) Wyoming ▌At-large. Franklin W. Mondell (R) Non-voting members ▌Alaska Territory. Frank Hinman Waskey (D), from August 14, 1906 ▌Arizona Territory. Marcus Aurelius Smith (D) ▌Hawaii Territory. Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole (R) ▌New Mexico Territory. William Henry Andrews (R) ▌Oklahoma Territory. Bird Segle McGuire (R) ▌Puerto Rico. Tulio Larrínaga (Resident Commissioner), (Unionist)House seats by party holding plurality in state 80+% – 100% Democratic 80+% – 100% Republican 60+% – 80% Democratic 60+% – 80% Republican Up to 60% Democratic Up to 60% Republican
80+% – 100% Democratic80+% – 100% Republican
60+% – 80% Democratic60+% – 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

  • Replacements: 8 Democratic: no net change Republican: no net change
  • Deaths: 5
  • Resignations: 1
  • Vacancies: 2
  • Total seats with changes: 9
State (class)Vacated byReason for vacancySubsequentDate of successor's installation
Missouri (1)VacantLegislature had elected late.William Warner (R)March 18, 1905
Delaware (1)VacantLegislature had elected late.Henry A. du Pont (R)June 13, 1906
Tennessee (1)William B. Bate (D)Died March 9, 1905. Successor was elected.James B. Frazier (D)March 21, 1905
Connecticut (3)Orville H. Platt (R)Died April 21, 1905. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.Frank B. Brandegee (R)May 10, 1905
Oregon (2)John H. Mitchell (R)Died December 8, 1905. Successor was appointed.John M. Gearin (D)December 13, 1905
Kansas (2)Joseph R. Burton (R)Resigned June 4, 1906, due to a conviction of corruption charges. Successor was appointed.Alfred W. Benson (R)June 11, 1906
Maryland (2)Arthur P. Gorman (D)Died June 4, 1906. Successor was appointed.William P. Whyte (D)June 8, 1906
Oregon (2)John M. Gearin (D)Successor was elected.Frederick W. Mulkey (R)January 23, 1907
Michigan (2)Russell A. Alger (R)Died January 24, 1907. Successor was elected.William A. Smith (R)February 6, 1907
Kansas (2)Alfred W. Benson (R)Successor was elected.Charles Curtis (R)January 29, 1907

House of Representatives

  • Replacements: 17 Democratic: no net change Republican: no net change
  • Deaths: 12
  • Resignations: 11
  • Contested elections: 1
  • New seats: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 26
DistrictPreviousReason for changeSubsequentDate of successor's installation
Indiana 1stVacantRep. James A. Hemenway resigned during previous congressJohn H. Foster (R)May 16, 1905
Nebraska 1stElmer Burkett (R)Resigned March 4, 1905, after being elected to the U.S. SenateErnest M. Pollard (R)July 18, 1905
West Virginia 2ndAlston G. Dayton (R)Resigned March 16, 1905, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of West VirginiaThomas B. Davis (D)June 6, 1905
Texas 8thJohn M. Pinckney (D)Died April 24, 1905John M. Moore (D)June 6, 1905
Connecticut 3rdFrank B. Brandegee (R)Resigned May 10, 1905, after being elected to the U.S. SenateEdwin W. Higgins (R)October 2, 1905
Illinois 14thBenjamin F. Marsh (R)Died June 2, 1905James McKinney (R)November 7, 1905
California 1stJames Gillett (R)Resigned January 4, 1906, after being elected Governor of CaliforniaWilliam F. Englebright (R)November 6, 1906
Virginia 5thClaude A. Swanson (D)Resigned January 30, 1906, after being elected Governor of VirginiaEdward W. Saunders (D)November 6, 1906
Pennsylvania 3rdGeorge A. Castor (R)Died February 19, 1906J. Hampton Moore (R)November 6, 1906
Pennsylvania 12thGeorge R. Patterson (R)Died March 21, 1906Charles N. Brumm (R)November 6, 1906
Pennsylvania 2ndRobert Adams Jr. (R)Died June 1, 1906John E. Reyburn (R)November 6, 1906
Georgia 1stRufus E. Lester (D)Died June 16, 1906James W. Overstreet (D)October 3, 1906
Missouri 12thErnest E. Wood (D)Lost contested election June 23, 1906Harry M. Coudrey (R)June 23, 1906
District of AlaskaNew seatNew delegate seat August 14, 1906Frank H. Waskey (D)August 14, 1906
Wisconsin 2ndHenry C. Adams (R)Died July 9, 1906John M. Nelson (R)September 4, 1906
New York 8thTimothy Sullivan (D)Resigned July 27, 1906Daniel J. Riordan (D)November 6, 1906
Illinois 13thRobert R. Hitt (R)Died September 20, 1906Frank O. Lowden (R)November 6, 1906
Massachusetts 3rdRockwood Hoar (R)Died November 1, 1906Charles G. Washburn (R)December 18, 1906
New York 21stJohn H. Ketcham (R)Died November 4, 1906Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Tennessee 10thMalcolm R. Patterson (D)Resigned November 5, 1906, after being elected Governor of TennesseeSeat remained vacant until next Congress
Indiana 12thNewton W. Gilbert (R)Resigned November 6, 1906, after being appointed judge of the court of first instance at Manila, PhilippinesClarence C. Gilhams (R)November 6, 1906
Arkansas 4thJohn S. Little (D)Resigned January 14, 1907, after being elected Governor of ArkansasSeat remained vacant until next Congress
Kansas 1stCharles Curtis (R)Resigned January 28, 1907, after being elected to the U.S. SenateSeat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 26thWilliam H. Flack (R)Died February 2, 1907Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Virginia 8thJohn F. Rixey (D)Died February 8, 1907Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Michigan 5thWilliam Alden Smith (R)Resigned February 9, 1907, after being elected to the U.S. SenateSeat remained vacant until next Congress

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.

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Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

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See also

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