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 1900 United States census. 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)TotalVacant
Democratic (D)Republican (R)
End of previous congress3258900
Begin2960891
End3161920
Final voting share33.7%66.3%
Beginning of next congress3259911

House of Representatives

Party (shading shows control)TotalVacant
Democratic (D)Independent Democratic (ID)Republican (R)
End of previous congress13302463797
Begin16112213833
End1642203856
Final voting share42.6%0.3%57.1%
Beginning of next congress17012183892

Leadership

Senate

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

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.

Alabama ▌2. John T. Morgan (D), until June 11, 1907 ▌John H. Bankhead (D), from June 18, 1907 ▌3. Edmund Pettus (D), until July 27, 1907 ▌Joseph F. Johnston (D), from August 8, 1907 Arkansas ▌2. Jeff Davis (D) ▌3. James P. Clarke (D) California ▌1. Frank P. Flint (R) ▌3. George C. Perkins (R) Colorado ▌2. Simon Guggenheim (R) ▌3. Henry M. Teller (D) Connecticut ▌1. Morgan Bulkeley (R) ▌3. Frank B. Brandegee (R) Delaware ▌1. Henry A. du Pont (R) ▌2. Harry A. Richardson (R) Florida ▌1. James Taliaferro (D) ▌3. Stephen Mallory (D), until December 23, 1907 ▌William J. Bryan (D), December 27, 1907 – March 22, 1908 ▌William Hall Milton (D), from March 27, 1908 Georgia ▌2. Augustus O. Bacon (D) ▌3. Alexander S. Clay (D) Idaho ▌2. William E. Borah (R) ▌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), until August 4, 1908 ▌Albert B. Cummins (R), from November 24, 1908 Kansas ▌2. Charles Curtis (R) ▌3. Chester I. Long (R) Kentucky ▌2. Thomas H. Paynter (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. William Pinkney Whyte (D), until March 17, 1908 ▌John W. Smith (D), from March 25, 1908 Massachusetts ▌1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R) ▌2: Winthrop M. Crane (R) Michigan ▌1. Julius C. Burrows (R) ▌2. William Alden Smith (R) 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) ▌3. William J. Stone (D) Montana ▌1. Thomas H. Carter (R) ▌2. Joseph M. Dixon (R)Nebraska ▌1. Elmer J. Burkett (R) ▌2. Norris Brown (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. Frank O. Briggs (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) Oklahoma ▌2. Robert L. Owen (D), from December 11, 1907 ▌3. Thomas P. Gore (D), from December 11, 1907 Oregon ▌2. Jonathan Bourne Jr. (R) ▌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), from January 22, 1908 South Carolina ▌2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D) ▌3. Asbury C. Latimer (D), until February 20, 1908 ▌Frank B. Gary (D), from March 6, 1908 South Dakota ▌2. Robert J. Gamble (R) ▌3. Alfred B. Kittredge (R) Tennessee ▌1. James B. Frazier (D) ▌2. Robert L. Taylor (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), until March 4, 1908 ▌John W. Stewart (R), March 24, 1908 – October 21, 1908 ▌Carroll S. Page (R), from October 21, 1908 ▌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), until April 30, 1907 ▌Isaac Stephenson (R), from May 17, 1907 Wyoming ▌1. Clarence D. Clark (R) ▌2. Francis E. Warren (R)Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 60th Congress in March 1907. Oklahoma's Senators were not seated until December 11, 1907. 2 Democrats 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 2 Republicans Territories

House of Representatives

The names 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.

House seats by party holding plurality in state
Alabama ▌1. George W. Taylor (D) ▌2. Ariosto A. Wiley (D), until June 17, 1908 ▌Oliver C. Wiley (D), from November 3, 1908 ▌3. Henry D. Clayton (D) ▌4. William B. Craig (D) ▌5. J. Thomas Heflin (D) ▌6. Richmond P. Hobson (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. William B. Cravens (D) ▌5. Charles C. Reid (D) ▌6. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) ▌7. Robert M. Wallace (D) California ▌1. William F. Englebright (R) ▌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. Warren A. Haggott (R) ▌At-large. George W. Cook (R) Connecticut ▌1. E. Stevens Henry (R) ▌2. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R) ▌3. Edwin W. Higgins (R) ▌4. Ebenezer J. Hill (R) ▌At-large. George L. Lilley (R), until January 5, 1909 Delaware ▌At-large. Hiram R. Burton (R) Florida ▌1. Stephen M. Sparkman (D) ▌2. Frank Clark (D) ▌3. William B. Lamar (D) Georgia ▌1. Charles G. Edwards (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. 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. James T. McDermott (D) ▌5. Adolph J. Sabath (D) ▌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. Frank O. Lowden (R) ▌14. James McKinney (R) ▌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. Ben F. Caldwell (D) ▌22. William A. Rodenberg (R) ▌23. Martin D. Foster (D) ▌24. Pleasant T. Chapman (R) ▌25. George Washington Smith (R), until November 30, 1907 ▌Napoleon B. Thistlewood (R), from February 15, 1908 Indiana ▌1. John H. Foster (R) ▌2. John C. Chaney (R) ▌3. William E. Cox (D) ▌4. Lincoln Dixon (D) ▌5. Elias S. Holliday (R) ▌6. James E. Watson (R) ▌7. Jesse Overstreet (R) ▌8. John A.M. Adair (D) ▌9. Charles B. Landis (R) ▌10. Edgar D. Crumpacker (R) ▌11. George W. Rauch (D) ▌12. Clarence C. Gilhams (R) ▌13. Abraham L. Brick (R), until April 7, 1908 ▌Henry A. Barnhart (D), from November 3, 1908 Iowa ▌1. Charles A. Kennedy (R) ▌2. Albert F. Dawson (R) ▌3. Benjamin P. Birdsall (R) ▌4. Gilbert N. Haugen (R) ▌5. Robert G. Cousins (R) ▌6. Daniel W. Hamilton (D) ▌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. Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (R), from May 23, 1907 ▌2. Charles Frederick Scott (R) ▌3. Philip P. Campbell (R) ▌4. James Monroe Miller (R) ▌5. William A. Calderhead (R) ▌6. William A. Reeder (R) ▌7. Edmond H. Madison (R) ▌8. Victor Murdock (R) Kentucky ▌1. Ollie M. James (D) ▌2. Augustus Stanley (D) ▌3. Addison James (R) ▌4. Ben Johnson (D) ▌5. J. Swagar Sherley (D) ▌6. Joseph L. Rhinock (D) ▌7. William P. Kimball (D) ▌8. Harvey Helm (D) ▌9. Joseph B. Bennett (R) ▌10. John W. Langley (R) ▌11. Don C. Edwards (R) Louisiana ▌1. Adolph Meyer (D), until March 8, 1908 ▌Albert Estopinal (D), from November 3, 1908 ▌2. Robert C. Davey (D), until December 26, 1908 ▌3. Robert F. Broussard (D) ▌4. John Thomas Watkins (D) ▌5. Joseph E. Ransdell (D) ▌6. George K. Favrot (D) ▌7. Arsène Paulin Pujó (D) Maine ▌1. Amos L. Allen (R) ▌2. Charles E. Littlefield (R), until September 30, 1908 ▌John P. Swasey (R), from November 3, 1908 ▌3. Edwin C. Burleigh (R) ▌4. Llewellyn Powers (R), until July 28, 1908 ▌Frank E. Guernsey (R), from November 3, 1908 Maryland ▌1. William Humphreys Jackson (R) ▌2. J. Frederick C. Talbott (D) ▌3. Harry B. Wolf (D) ▌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. Charles G. Washburn (R) ▌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. Joseph F. O'Connell (D) ▌11. Andrew J. Peters (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. Gerrit J. Diekema (R), from March 17, 1908 ▌6. Samuel W. Smith (R) ▌7. Henry McMorran (R) ▌8. Joseph W. Fordney (R) ▌9. James C. McLaughlin (R) ▌10. George A. Loud (R) ▌11. Archibald B. Darragh (R) ▌12. H. Olin Young (R) Minnesota ▌1. James Albertus Tawney (R) ▌2. Winfield Scott Hammond (D) ▌3. Charles Russell Davis (R) ▌4. Frederick C. Stevens (R) ▌5. Frank Nye (R) ▌6. Charles August Lindbergh (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. Joshua Willis Alexander (D) ▌4. Charles F. Booher (D) ▌5. Edgar C. Ellis (R) ▌6. David A. De Armond (D) ▌7. Courtney W. Hamlin (D) ▌8. Dorsey W. Shackleford (D) ▌9. James Beauchamp Clark (D) ▌10. Richard Bartholdt (R) ▌11. Henry S. Caulfield (R) ▌12. Harry M. Coudrey (R) ▌13. Madison R. Smith (D) ▌14. Joseph J. Russell (D) ▌15. Thomas Hackney (D) ▌16. J. Robert Lamar (D) Montana ▌At-large. Charles N. Pray (R) Nebraska ▌1. Ernest M. Pollard (R) ▌2. Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D) ▌3. John Frank Boyd (R) ▌4. Edmund H. Hinshaw (R) ▌5. George W. Norris (R) ▌6. Moses P. Kinkaid (R)Nevada ▌At-large. George A. Bartlett (D) New Hampshire ▌1. Cyrus Adams 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. William Hughes (D) ▌7. Richard Wayne Parker (R) ▌8. Le Gage Pratt (D) ▌9. Eugene W. Leake (D) ▌10. James A. Hamill (D) New York ▌1. William W. Cocks (R) ▌2. George H. Lindsay (D) ▌3. Charles T. Dunwell (R), until June 12, 1908 ▌Otto G. Foelker (R), from November 3, 1908 ▌4. Charles B. Law (R) ▌5. George E. Waldo (R) ▌6. William M. Calder (R) ▌7. John J. Fitzgerald (D) ▌8. Daniel J. Riordan (D) ▌9. Henry M. Goldfogle (D) ▌10. William Sulzer (D) ▌11. Charles V. Fornes (D) ▌12. W. Bourke Cockran (D) ▌13. Herbert Parsons (R) ▌14. William Willett Jr. (D) ▌15. J. Van Vechten Olcott (R) ▌16. Francis B. Harrison (D) ▌17. William S. Bennet (R) ▌18. Joseph A. Goulden (D) ▌19. John E. Andrus (R) ▌20. Thomas W. Bradley (R) ▌21. Samuel McMillan (R) ▌22. William H. Draper (R) ▌23. George N. Southwick (R) ▌24. George W. Fairchild (R) ▌25. Cyrus Durey (R) ▌26. George R. Malby (R) ▌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. Peter A. Porter (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), until January 11, 1909 ▌6. Hannibal L. Godwin (D) ▌7. Robert N. Page (D) ▌8. Richard N. Hackett (D) ▌9. Edwin Y. Webb (D) ▌10. William T. Crawford (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. J. Eugene Harding (R) ▌4. William E. Tou Velle (D) ▌5. Timothy T. Ansberry (D) ▌6. Matthew R. Denver (D) ▌7. J. Warren Keifer (R) ▌8. Ralph D. Cole (R) ▌9. Isaac R. Sherwood (D) ▌10. Henry T. Bannon (R) ▌11. Albert Douglas (R) ▌12. Edward L. Taylor Jr. (R) ▌13. Grant E. Mouser (R) ▌14. J. Ford Laning (R) ▌15. Beman G. Dawes (R) ▌16. Capell L. Weems (R) ▌17. William A. Ashbrook (D) ▌18. James Kennedy (R) ▌19. W. Aubrey Thomas (R) ▌20. L. Paul Howland (R) ▌21. Theodore E. Burton (R), until March 3, 1909 Oklahoma ▌1. Bird Segle McGuire (R), from November 16, 1907 ▌2. Elmer L. Fulton (D), from November 16, 1907 ▌3. James S. Davenport (D), from November 16, 1907 ▌4. Charles D. Carter (D), from November 16, 1907 ▌5. Scott Ferris (D), from November 16, 1907 Oregon ▌1. Willis C. Hawley (R) ▌2. William R. Ellis (R) Pennsylvania ▌1. Henry H. Bingham (R) ▌2. John E. Reyburn (R), until March 31, 1907 ▌Joel Cook (R), from November 5, 1907 ▌3. J. Hampton Moore (R) ▌4. Reuben O. Moon (R) ▌5. William W. Foulkrod (R) ▌6. George D. McCreary (R) ▌7. Thomas S. Butler (R) ▌8. Irving P. Wanger (R) ▌9. Henry B. Cassel (R) ▌10. Thomas D. Nicholls (ID) ▌11. John T. Lenahan (D) ▌12. Charles N. Brumm (R), until January 4, 1909 ▌13. John H. Rothermel (D) ▌14. George W. Kipp (D) ▌15. William B. Wilson (D) ▌16. John G. McHenry (D) ▌17. Benjamin K. Focht (R) ▌18. Marlin E. Olmsted (R) ▌19. John M. Reynolds (R) ▌20. Daniel F. Lafean (R) ▌21. Charles F. Barclay (R) ▌22. George F. Huff (R) ▌23. Allen F. Cooper (R) ▌24. Ernest F. Acheson (R) ▌25. Arthur L. Bates (R) ▌26. J. Davis Brodhead (D) ▌27. Joseph G. Beale (R) ▌28. Nelson P. Wheeler (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), until February 14, 1909 ▌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. Philo Hall (R) ▌At-large. William H. Parker (R), until June 26, 1908 ▌Eben Martin (R), from November 3, 1908 Tennessee ▌1. Walter P. Brownlow (R) ▌2. Nathan W. Hale (R) ▌3. John A. Moon (D) ▌4. Cordell Hull (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. George W. Gordon (D) Texas ▌1. Morris Sheppard (D) ▌2. Samuel B. Cooper (D) ▌3. Gordon J. Russell (D) ▌4. Choice B. Randell (D) ▌5. James Andrew Beall (D) ▌6. Rufus Hardy (D) ▌7. Alexander W. Gregg (D) ▌8. John M. Moore (D) ▌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. Francis R. Lassiter (D) ▌5. Edward W. Saunders (D) ▌6. Carter Glass (D) ▌7. James Hay (D) ▌8. Charles Creighton Carlin (D), from November 5, 1907 ▌9. Campbell Slemp (R), until October 13, 1907 ▌C. Bascom Slemp (R), from December 17, 1907 ▌10. Henry D. Flood (D) Washington ▌At-large. Wesley Livsey Jones (R) ▌At-large. Francis W. Cushman (R) ▌At-large. William E. Humphrey (R) West Virginia ▌1. William P. Hubbard (R) ▌2. George Cookman Sturgiss (R) ▌3. Joseph Holt Gaines (R) ▌4. Harry C. Woodyard (R) ▌5. James Anthony Hughes (R) Wisconsin ▌1. Henry Allen Cooper (R) ▌2. John M. Nelson (R) ▌3. James William Murphy (D) ▌4. William J. Cary (R) ▌5. William H. Stafford (R) ▌6. Charles H. Weisse (D) ▌7. John J. Esch (R) ▌8. James H. Davidson (R) ▌9. Gustav Küstermann (R) ▌10. Elmer A. Morse (R) ▌11. John J. Jenkins (R) Wyoming ▌At-large. Franklin W. Mondell (R) Non-voting members ▌Alaska Territory. Thomas Cale (I) ▌Arizona Territory. Marcus Aurelius Smith (D) ▌Hawaii Territory. Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole (R) ▌New Mexico Territory. William Henry Andrews (R) ▌Philippines. Benito Legarda y Tuason (Fed., R), from November 22, 1907 ▌Philippines. Pablo Ocampo (D), from November 22, 1907 ▌Puerto Rico. Tulio Larrínaga (Resident Commissioner) (Unionist)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
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

  • Replacements: 10 Democratic: no net change Republican: no net change
  • Deaths: 8
  • Resignations: 1
  • Vacancy: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 11
State (class)Vacated byReason for vacancySubsequentDate of successor's installation
Rhode Island (2)VacantSenator 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 termJohn 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 seatsOklahoma 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
DistrictPreviousReason for changeSubsequentDate of successor's installation
Michigan 5thVacantRep. William Alden Smith resigned during previous congressGerrit J. Diekema (R)April 27, 1907
Kansas 1stVacantRep. Charles Curtis resigned during previous congress having been elected to the U.S. Senate.Daniel R. Anthony Jr. (R)May 23, 1907
Virginia 8thVacantRep. John F. Rixey died during previous congressCharles C. Carlin (D)November 5, 1907
Pennsylvania 2ndJohn E. Reyburn (R)Resigned March 31, 1907, after being elected Mayor of PhiladelphiaJoel Cook (R)November 5, 1907
Virginia 9thCampbell Slemp (R)Died October 13, 1907C. Bascom Slemp (R)December 17, 1907
Oklahoma 1stNew seatNew State November 16, 1907.Bird S. McGuire (R)November 16, 1907
Oklahoma 2ndElmer L. Fulton (D)
Oklahoma 3rdJames S. Davenport (D)
Oklahoma 4thCharles D. Carter (D)
Oklahoma 5thScott Ferris (D)
Philippines Resident CommissionerNew seatNew territory November 22, 1907Benito Legarda (R)November 22, 1909
Philippines Resident CommissionerPablo Ocampo (D)
Illinois 25thGeorge W. Smith (R)Died November 30, 1907Napoleon B. Thistlewood (R)February 15, 1908
Louisiana 1stAdolph Meyer (D)Died March 8, 1908Albert Estopinal (D)November 3, 1908
New York 3rdCharles T. Dunwell (R)Died June 12, 1908Otto G. Foelker (R)November 3, 1908
Indiana 13thAbraham L. Brick (R)Died April 7, 1908Henry A. Barnhart (D)November 3, 1908
Alabama 2ndAriosto A. Wiley (D)Died June 17, 1908Oliver C. Wiley (D)November 3, 1908
South Dakota At-largeWilliam H. Parker (R)Died June 26, 1908Eben Martin (R)November 3, 1908
Maine 4thLlewellyn Powers (R)Died July 28, 1908Frank E. Guernsey (R)November 3, 1908
Maine 2ndCharles E. Littlefield (R)Died September 30, 1908John P. Swasey (R)November 3, 1908
Louisiana 2ndRobert C. Davey (D)Died December 26, 1908Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Pennsylvania 12thCharles N. Brumm (R)Resigned January 4, 1909, after becoming judge for Schuylkill County Court of Common PleasSeat remained vacant until next Congress
Connecticut At-largeGeorge L. Lilley (R)Resigned January 5, 1909, after being elected Governor of ConnecticutSeat remained vacant until next Congress
North Carolina 5thWilliam W. Kitchin (D)Resigned January 11, 1909, after being elected Governor of North CarolinaSeat remained vacant until next Congress
Rhode Island 1stDaniel L. D. Granger (D)Died February 14, 1909, having already lost re-election.Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Ohio 21stTheodore E. Burton (R)Resigned March 3, 1909, 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.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

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House of Representatives

See also

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  • Remini, Robert V. (2006). . New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-088434-7.
  • U.S. Congress (2005). . Archived from on June 1, 2006.
  • U.S. House of Representatives (2006). . Archived from on June 1, 2006.
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