The 56th 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, 1899, to March 4, 1901, during the third and fourth years of William McKinley's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this 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 of North Carolina, who served his second and final term as a representative in this Congress, and would be the last black member of Congress until 1928, and the last black member of Congress from the South until 1972.

Major events

• June 2, 1899: The Filipino Rebellion began the Philippine–American War.

• November 21, 1899: Vice President Garret Hobart died.

• January 8, 1900: President McKinley placed Alaska under military rule.

• January 17, 1900: Brigham H. Roberts was refused a seat in the United States House of Representatives because of his polygamy.

• February 5, 1900: Britain and the United States signed a treaty for the building of a Central American shipping canal through Nicaragua.

• February 16, 1900: The United States, Germany and Great Britain ratified the Tripartite Convention partitioning the Samoan Islands.

• November 6, 1900: U.S. presidential election, 1900: Republican incumbent William McKinley was reelected by defeating Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan.

Major legislation

• March 14, 1900: Gold Standard Act, Sess. 1, ch. 41,

• April 2, 1900: Foraker Act, Sess. 1, ch. 191, (Puerto Rico Civil Code)

Territory organized

• April 30, 1900: Hawaii Territory was organized, Sess. 1, ch. 339,

Party summary

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

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• President: Garret Hobart (R), until November 21, 1899; vacant thereafter.

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

• Democratic Caucus Chairman: James K. Jones

• Republican Conference Chairman: William B. Allison

• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Stephen M. White

House of Representatives

• Speaker: David B. Henderson (R)

• Democratic Caucus Chairman: James Hay

• Republican Conference Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon

• Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority Leader: Sereno E. Payne

• Majority Whip: James A. Tawney

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority Leader: James D. Richardson

• Minority Whip: Oscar Underwood

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 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1904; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1902.

List of United States senators from AlabamaAlabama

1. 2. John T. Morgan (D)

2. 3. Edmund W. Pettus (D)

List of United States senators from ArkansasArkansas

1. 2. James H. Berry (D)

2. 3. James K. Jones (D)

List of United States senators from CaliforniaCalifornia

1. 1. Thomas R. Bard (R), from February 7, 1900

2. 3. George C. Perkins (R)

List of United States senators from ColoradoColorado

1. 2. Edward O. Wolcott (R)

2. 3. Henry M. Teller (SR)

List of United States senators from ConnecticutConnecticut

1. 1. Joseph R. Hawley (R)

2. 3. Orville H. Platt (R)

List of United States senators from DelawareDelaware

1. 1. vacant

2. 2. Richard R. Kenney (D)

List of United States senators from FloridaFlorida

1. 1. Samuel Pasco (D), until April 18, 1899

   1. James Taliaferro (D), from April 19, 1899

   3. Stephen R. Mallory (D)

List of United States senators from GeorgiaGeorgia

1. 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)

2. 3. Alexander S. Clay (D)

List of United States senators from IdahoIdaho

1. 2. George L. Shoup (R)

2. 3. Henry Heitfeld (P)

List of United States senators from IllinoisIllinois

1. 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R)

2. 3. William E. Mason (R)

List of United States senators from IndianaIndiana

1. 1. Albert J. Beveridge (R)

2. 3. Charles W. Fairbanks (R)

List of United States senators from IowaIowa

1. 2. John H. Gear (R), until July 14, 1900

   1. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R), from August 22, 1900

   3. William B. Allison (R)

List of United States senators from KansasKansas

1. 2. Lucien Baker (R)

2. 3. William A. Harris (P)

List of United States senators from KentuckyKentucky

1. 2. William Lindsay (D)

2. 3. William J. Deboe (R)

List of United States senators from LouisianaLouisiana

1. 2. Donelson Caffery (D)

2. 3. Samuel D. McEnery (D)

List of United States senators from MaineMaine

1. 1. Eugene Hale (R)

2. 2. William P. Frye (R)

List of United States senators from MarylandMaryland

1. 1. Louis E. McComas (R)

2. 3. George L. Wellington (R)

List of United States senators from MassachusettsMassachusetts

1. 1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)

2. 2. George F. Hoar (R)

List of United States senators from MichiganMichigan

1. 1. Julius C. Burrows (R)

2. 2. James McMillan (R)

List of United States senators from MinnesotaMinnesota

1. 1. Cushman K. Davis (R), until November 27, 1900

   1. Charles A. Towne (D), December 5, 1900 – January 23, 1901

   2. Moses E. Clapp (R), from January 23, 1901

   2. Knute Nelson (R)

List of United States senators from MississippiMississippi

1. 1. Hernando D. Money (D)

2. 2. William V. Sullivan (D)

List of United States senators from MissouriMissouri

1. 1. Francis Cockrell (D)

2. 3. George G. Vest (D)

List of United States senators from MontanaMontana

1. 1. William A. Clark (D), until May 15, 1900

2. 2. Thomas H. Carter (R)

List of United States senators from NebraskaNebraska

1. 1. Monroe L. Hayward (R), March 8, 1899 – December 5, 1899

   1. William V. Allen (P), from December 13, 1899

   2. John M. Thurston (R)

List of United States senators from NevadaNevada

1. 1. William M. Stewart (S)

2. 3. John P. Jones (S)

List of United States senators from New HampshireNew Hampshire

1. 2. William E. Chandler (R)

2. 3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)

List of United States senators from New JerseyNew Jersey

1. 1. John Kean Jr. (R)

2. 2. William J. Sewell (R)

List of United States senators from New YorkNew York

1. 1. Chauncey M. Depew (R)

2. 3. Thomas C. Platt (R)

List of United States senators from North CarolinaNorth Carolina

1. 2. Marion Butler (P)

2. 3. Jeter C. Pritchard (R)

List of United States senators from North DakotaNorth Dakota

1. 1. Porter J. McCumber (R)

2. 3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)

List of United States senators from OhioOhio

1. 1. Marcus A. Hanna (R)

2. 3. Joseph B. Foraker (R)

List of United States senators from OregonOregon

1. 2. George W. McBride (R)

2. 3. Joseph Simon (R)

List of United States senators from PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

1. 1. Matthew S. Quay (R), from January 16, 1901

2. 3. Boies Penrose (R)

List of United States senators from Rhode IslandRhode Island

1. 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R)

2. 2. George P. Wetmore (R)

List of United States senators from South CarolinaSouth Carolina

1. 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)

2. 3. John L. McLaurin (D)

List of United States senators from South DakotaSouth Dakota

1. 2. Richard F. Pettigrew (SR)

2. 3. James H. Kyle (P)

List of United States senators from TennesseeTennessee

1. 1. William B. Bate (D)

2. 2. Thomas B. Turley (D)

List of United States senators from TexasTexas

1. 1. Charles A. Culberson (D)

2. 2. Horace Chilton (D)

List of United States senators from UtahUtah

1. 1. Thomas Kearns (R), from January 23, 1901

2. 3. Joseph L. Rawlins (D)

List of United States senators from VermontVermont

1. 1. Redfield Proctor (R)

2. 3. Jonathan Ross (R), until October 18, 1900

   1. William P. Dillingham (R), from October 18, 1900

List of United States senators from VirginiaVirginia

1. 1. John W. Daniel (D)

2. 2. Thomas S. Martin (D)

List of United States senators from WashingtonWashington

1. 1. Addison G. Foster (R)

2. 3. George Turner (SR)

List of United States senators from West VirginiaWest Virginia

1. 1. Nathan B. Scott (R)

2. 2. Stephen B. Elkins (R)

List of United States senators from WisconsinWisconsin

1. 1. Joseph V. Quarles (R)

2. 3. John C. Spooner (R)

List of United States senators from WyomingWyoming

1. 1. Clarence D. Clark (R)

2. 2. Francis E. Warren (R)

House of Representatives

List of United States representatives from AlabamaAlabama

1. . George W. Taylor (D)

2. . Jesse F. Stallings (D)

3. . Henry D. Clayton (D)

4. . Gaston A. Robbins (D), until March 8, 1900

   1. William F. Aldrich (R), from March 8, 1900

   . Willis Brewer (D)

5. . John H. Bankhead (D)

6. . John L. Burnett (D)

7. . Joseph Wheeler (D), until April 20, 1900

   1. William N. Richardson (D), from December 3, 1900

   . Oscar Underwood (D)

List of United States representatives from ArkansasArkansas

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)

List of United States representatives from CaliforniaCalifornia

1. . John A. Barham (R)

2. . Marion De Vries (D), until August 20, 1900

   1. Samuel D. Woods (R), from December 3, 1900

   . Victor H. Metcalf (R)

3. . Julius Kahn (R)

4. . Eugene F. Loud (R)

5. . Russell J. Waters (R)

6. . James C. Needham (R)

List of United States representatives from ColoradoColorado

1. . John F. Shafroth (SR)

2. . John C. Bell (P)

List of United States representatives from ConnecticutConnecticut

1. . E. Stevens Henry (R)

2. . Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)

3. . Charles A. Russell (R)

4. . Ebenezer J. Hill (R)

List of United States representatives from DelawareDelaware

1. . John H. Hoffecker (R), until June 16, 1900

   1. Walter O. Hoffecker (R), from November 6, 1900

List of United States representatives from FloridaFlorida

1. . Stephen M. Sparkman (D)

2. . Robert W. Davis (D)

List of United States representatives from GeorgiaGeorgia

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)

List of United States representatives from IdahoIdaho

1. . Edgar Wilson (SR)

List of United States representatives from IllinoisIllinois

1. . James R. Mann (R)

2. . William Lorimer (R)

3. . George P. Foster (D)

4. . Thomas Cusack (D)

5. . Edward T. Noonan (D)

6. . Henry S. Boutell (R)

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 E. Williams (D)

17. . Ben F. Caldwell (D)

18. . Thomas M. Jett (D)

19. . Joseph B. Crowley (D)

20. . James R. Williams (D)

21. . William A. Rodenberg (R)

22. . George Washington Smith (R)

List of United States representatives from IndianaIndiana

1. . James A. Hemenway (R)

2. . Robert W. Miers (D)

3. . William T. Zenor (D)

4. . Francis M. Griffith (D)

5. . George W. Faris (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. . George W. Steele (R)

12. . James M. Robinson (D)

13. . Abraham L. Brick (R)

List of United States representatives from IowaIowa

1. . Thomas Hedge (R)

2. . Joseph R. Lane (R)

3. . David B. Henderson (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. . Smith McPherson (R), until June 6, 1900

   1. Walter I. Smith (R), from December 3, 1900

   . Jonathan P. Dolliver (R), until August 22, 1900

   1. James P. Conner (R), from December 4, 1900

   . Lot Thomas (R)

List of United States representatives from KansasKansas

1. . Charles Curtis (R)

2. . Justin De Witt Bowersock (R)

3. . Edwin R. Ridgely (P)

4. . James Monroe Miller (R)

5. . William A. Calderhead (R)

6. . William A. Reeder (R)

7. . Chester I. Long (R)

8. . Willis Joshua Bailey (R)

List of United States representatives from KentuckyKentucky

1. . Charles K. Wheeler (D)

2. . Henry Dixon Allen (D)

3. . John S. Rhea (D)

4. . David Highbaugh Smith (D)

5. . Oscar Turner (D)

6. . Albert S. Berry (D)

7. . Evan E. Settle (D), until November 16, 1899

   1. June Ward Gayle (D), from January 15, 1900

   . George G. Gilbert (D)

8. . Samuel J. Pugh (R)

9. . Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick (D)

10. . Vincent Boreing (R)

List of United States representatives from LouisianaLouisiana

1. . Adolph Meyer (D)

2. . Robert C. Davey (D)

3. . Robert F. Broussard (D)

4. . Phanor Breazeale (D)

5. . Samuel T. Baird (D), until April 22, 1899

   1. Joseph E. Ransdell (D), from August 29, 1899

   . Samuel M. Robertson (D)

List of United States representatives from MaineMaine

1. . Thomas B. Reed (R), until September 4, 1899

   1. Amos L. Allen (R), from November 6, 1899

   . Charles E. Littlefield (R), from June 19, 1899

2. . Edwin C. Burleigh (R)

3. . Charles A. Boutelle (R), until March 3, 1901

List of United States representatives from MarylandMaryland

1. . John W. Smith (D), until January 12, 1900

   1. Josiah Kerr (R), from November 6, 1900

   . William B. Baker (R)

2. . Frank C. Wachter (R)

3. . James W. Denny (D)

4. . Sydney E. Mudd (R)

5. . George A. Pearre (R)

List of United States representatives from MassachusettsMassachusetts

1. . George P. Lawrence (R)

2. . Frederick H. Gillett (R)

3. . John R. Thayer (D)

4. . George W. Weymouth (R)

5. . William S. Knox (R)

6. . William H. Moody (R)

7. . Ernest W. Roberts (R)

8. . Samuel W. McCall (R)

9. . John F. Fitzgerald (D)

10. . Henry F. Naphen (D)

11. . Charles F. Sprague (R)

12. . William C. Lovering (R)

13. . William S. Greene (R)

List of United States representatives from MichiganMichigan

1. . John B. Corliss (R)

2. . Henry C. Smith (R)

3. . Washington Gardner (R)

4. . Edward L. Hamilton (R)

5. . William Alden Smith (R)

6. . Samuel W. Smith (R)

7. . Edgar Weeks (R)

8. . Joseph W. Fordney (R)

9. . Roswell P. Bishop (R)

10. . Rousseau O. Crump (R)

11. . William S. Mesick (R)

12. . Carlos D. Shelden (R)

List of United States representatives from MinnesotaMinnesota

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)

List of United States representatives from MississippiMississippi

1. . John M. Allen (D)

2. . Thomas Spight (D)

3. . Thomas C. Catchings (D)

4. . Andrew F. Fox (D)

5. . John Sharp Williams (D)

6. . Frank A. McLain (D)

7. . Patrick Henry (D)

List of United States representatives from MissouriMissouri

1. . James T. Lloyd (D)

2. . William W. Rucker (D)

3. . John Dougherty (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), until June 15, 1899

   1. Dorsey W. Shackleford (D), from August 29, 1899

   . James Beauchamp Clark (D)

9. . Richard Bartholdt (R)

10. . Charles F. Joy (R)

11. . Charles E. Pearce (R)

12. . Edward Robb (D)

13. . Willard D. Vandiver (D)

14. . Maecenas E. Benton (D)

List of United States representatives from MontanaMontana

1. . Albert J. Campbell (D)

List of United States representatives from NebraskaNebraska

1. . Elmer J. Burkett (R)

2. . David H. Mercer (R)

3. . John S. Robinson (D)

4. . William L. Stark (P)

5. . Roderick D. Sutherland (P)

6. . William L. Greene (P), until March 11, 1899

   1. William Neville (P), from December 4, 1899

List of United States representatives from NevadaNevada

1. . Francis G. Newlands (S)

List of United States representatives from New HampshireNew Hampshire

1. . Cyrus A. Sulloway (R)

2. . Frank G. Clarke (R) until January 9, 1901

List of United States representatives from New JerseyNew Jersey

1. . Henry C. Loudenslager (R)

2. . John J. Gardner (R)

3. . Benjamin F. Howell (R)

4. . Joshua S. Salmon (D)

5. . James F. Stewart (R)

6. . Richard Wayne Parker (R)

7. . William D. Daly (D), until July 31, 1900

   1. Allan L. McDermott (D), from December 3, 1900

   . Charles N. Fowler (R)

List of United States representatives from New YorkNew York

1. . Townsend Scudder (D)

2. . John J. Fitzgerald (D)

3. . Edmund H. Driggs (D)

4. . Bertram T. Clayton (D)

5. . Frank E. Wilson (D)

6. . Mitchell May (D)

7. . Nicholas Muller (D)

8. . Daniel J. Riordan (D)

9. . Thomas J. Bradley (D)

10. . Amos J. Cummings (D)

11. . William Sulzer (D)

12. . George B. McClellan Jr. (D)

13. . Jefferson M. Levy (D)

14. . William A. Chanler (D)

15. . Jacob Ruppert (D)

16. . John Q. Underhill (D)

17. . Arthur S. Tompkins (R)

18. . John H. Ketcham (R)

19. . Aaron V. S. Cochrane (R)

20. . Martin H. Glynn (D)

21. . John Knox Stewart (R)

22. . Lucius N. Littauer (R)

23. . Louis W. Emerson (R)

24. . Charles A. Chickering (R), until February 13, 1900

    1. Albert D. Shaw (R), November 6, 1900 – February 10, 1901

    . James S. Sherman (R)

25. . George W. Ray (R)

26. . Michael E. Driscoll (R)

27. . Sereno E. Payne (R)

28. . Charles W. Gillet (R)

29. . James W. Wadsworth (R)

30. . James M. E. O'Grady (R)

31. . William H. Ryan (D)

32. . De Alva S. Alexander (R)

33. . Edward B. Vreeland (R), from November 7, 1899

List of United States representatives from North CarolinaNorth Carolina

1. . John Humphrey Small (D)

2. . George H. White (R)

3. . Charles R. Thomas (D)

4. . John W. Atwater (P)

5. . William W. Kitchin (D)

6. . John D. Bellamy (D)

7. . Theodore F. Kluttz (D)

8. . Romulus Z. Linney (R)

9. . William T. Crawford (D), until May 10, 1900

   1. Richmond Pearson (R), from May 10, 1900

List of United States representatives from North DakotaNorth Dakota

1. . Burleigh F. Spalding (R)

List of United States representatives from OhioOhio

1. . William B. Shattuc (R)

2. . Jacob H. Bromwell (R)

3. . John L. Brenner (D)

4. . Robert B. Gordon (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. . Stephen Morgan (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), until June 19, 1899

    1. John J. Gill (R), from December 4, 1899

    . John A. McDowell (D)

17. . Robert W. Tayler (R)

18. . Charles W. F. Dick (R)

19. . Fremont O. Phillips (R)

20. . Theodore E. Burton (R)

List of United States representatives from OregonOregon

1. . Thomas H. Tongue (R)

2. . Malcolm A. Moody (R)

List of United States representatives from PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

1. . Henry H. Bingham (R)

2. . Robert Adams Jr. (R)

3. . William McAleer (D)

4. . James R. Young (R)

5. . Alfred C. Harmer (R), until March 6, 1900

   1. Edward D. Morrell (R), from November 6, 1900

   . Thomas S. Butler (R)

6. . Irving P. Wanger (R)

7. . Laird H. Barber (D)

8. . Daniel Ermentrout (D), until September 17, 1899

   1. Henry D. Green (D), from November 7, 1899

   . Marriott Brosius (R)

9. . William Connell (R)

10. . Stanley W. Davenport (D)

11. . James W. Ryan (D)

12. . Marlin E. Olmsted (R)

13. . Charles F. Wright (R)

14. . Horace B. Packer (R)

15. . Rufus K. Polk (D)

16. . Thaddeus M. Mahon (R)

17. . Edward D. Ziegler (D)

18. . Joseph E. Thropp (R)

19. . Summers M. Jack (R)

20. . John Dalzell (R)

21. . William H. Graham (R)

22. . Ernest F. Acheson (R)

23. . Joseph B. Showalter (R)

24. . Athelston Gaston (D)

25. . Joseph C. Sibley (D)

26. . James K. P. Hall (D)

27. . Samuel A. Davenport (R)

28. . Galusha A. Grow (R)

List of United States representatives from Rhode IslandRhode Island

1. . Melville Bull (R)

2. . Adin B. Capron (R)

List of United States representatives from South CarolinaSouth Carolina

1. . William Elliott (D)

2. . William J. Talbert (D)

3. . Asbury C. Latimer (D)

4. . Stanyarne Wilson (D)

5. . David E. Finley (D)

6. . James Norton (D)

7. . J. William Stokes (D)

List of United States representatives from South DakotaSouth Dakota

1. . Charles H. Burke (R)

2. . Robert J. Gamble (R)

List of United States representatives from TennesseeTennessee

1. . Walter P. Brownlow (R)

2. . Henry R. Gibson (R)

3. . John A. Moon (D)

4. . Charles E. Snodgrass (D)

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)

List of United States representatives from TexasTexas

1. . Thomas H. Ball (D)

2. . Samuel B. Cooper (D)

3. . Reese C. De Graffenreid (D)

4. . John L. Sheppard (D)

5. . Joseph W. Bailey (D)

6. . Robert E. Burke (D)

7. . Robert L. Henry (D)

8. . Samuel W. T. Lanham (D)

9. . Albert S. Burleson (D)

10. . Robert B. Hawley (R)

11. . Rudolph Kleberg (D)

12. . James L. Slayden (D)

13. . John H. Stephens (D)

List of United States representatives from UtahUtah

1. . William H. King (D), from April 2, 1900

List of United States representatives from VermontVermont

1. . H. Henry Powers (R)

2. . William W. Grout (R)

List of United States representatives from VirginiaVirginia

1. . William A. Jones (D)

2. . William A. Young (D), until March 12, 1900

   1. Richard A. Wise (R), March 12, 1900 – December 21, 1900

   . John Lamb (D)

3. . Sydney P. Epes (D), until March 3, 1900

   1. Francis R. Lassiter (D), from April 19, 1900

   . Claude A. Swanson (D)

4. . Peter J. Otey (D)

5. . James Hay (D)

6. . John F. Rixey (D)

7. . William F. Rhea (D)

8. . Julian M. Quarles (D)

List of United States representatives from WashingtonWashington

1. . Francis W. Cushman (R)

2. . Wesley L. Jones (R)

List of United States representatives from West VirginiaWest Virginia

1. . Blackburn B. Dovener (R)

2. . Alston G. Dayton (R)

3. . David Emmons Johnston (D)

4. . Romeo H. Freer (R)

List of United States representatives from WisconsinWisconsin

1. . Henry Allen Cooper (R)

2. . Herman B. Dahle (R)

3. . Joseph W. Babcock (R)

4. . Theobald Otjen (R)

5. . Samuel S. Barney (R)

6. . James H. Davidson (R)

7. . John J. Esch (R)

8. . Edward S. Minor (R)

9. . Alexander Stewart (R)

10. . John J. Jenkins (R)

List of United States representatives from WyomingWyoming

1. . Frank W. Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

1. . John F. Wilson (D)

2. . Robert W. Wilcox (Home Rule), from November 6, 1900

3. . Pedro Perea (R)

4. . Dennis T. Flynn (R)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

Replacements: 7

• Democratic: no net change

• Republican: 1 seat loss

• Populist: 1 seat gain

• Deaths: 3

• Resignations: 1

• Vacancies: 5

• Interim appointments: 2

• Total seats with changes: 9

House of Representatives

Replacements: 21

• Democratic: 5 seat loss

• Republican: 5 seat gain

• Populist: no net change

• Deaths: 12

• Resignations: 7

• Contested election: 3

• New seats: 1

• Total seats with changes: 26

Committees

Senate

• United States Senate Select Committee on the Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: James H. Berry; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom)

• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Redfield Proctor; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)

• 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: Jacob H. Gallinger)

• Canadian Relations (Chairman: Mark Hanna; Ranking Member: Richard F. Pettigrew)

• Census (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)

• Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Lucien Baker; Ranking Member: Horace Chilton)

• Claims (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)

• Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Addison G. Foster; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)

• Coast Defenses (Chairman: George W. McBride; Ranking Member: Marion Butler)

• Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)

• Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Donelson Caffery; Ranking Member: Nelson W. Aldrich)

• Cuban Relations (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)

• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)

• District of Columbia (Chairman: James McMillan; Ranking Member: Nelson W. Aldrich)

• Education and Labor (Chairman: James H. Kyle; Ranking Member: Donelson Caffery)

• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: George F. Hoar)

• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member: Donelson Caffery)

• Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: George L. Wellington; Ranking Member: James K. Jones)

• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Jonathan Rose; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Turley)

• Expenditures in Executive Departments

• Finance (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: John P. Jones)

• Fisheries (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Marion Butler)

• Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: William B. Bate; Ranking Member: Orville H. Platt)

• Foreign Relations (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)

• Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: Albert J. Beveridge; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)

• Geological Survey (Select) (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)

• Immigration (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Rawlins)

• Indian Affairs (Chairman: John M. Thurston; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)

• Indian Depredations (Chairman: William J. Deboe; Ranking Member: William Lindsay)

• Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Joseph Simon; Ranking Member: William A. Harris)

• Industrial Expositions (Select) (Chairman: Chauncey M. Depew; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)

• Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: Joseph R. Hawley)

• Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: William Lindsay)

• Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)

• Library (Chairman: George P. Wetmore; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)

• Manufactures (Chairman: William E. Mason; Ranking Member: William A. Harris)

• Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph Hawley; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)

• Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)

• Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)

• National Banks (Select) (Chairman: John Kean; Ranking Member: Horace Chilton)

• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)

• Nicaragua Canal (Select)

• Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: Joseph B. Foraker; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)

• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: John H. Gear; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)

• Patents (Chairman: Jeter C. Pritchard; Ranking Member: Stephen R. Mallory)

• Pensions (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: William Lindsay)

• Philippines (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Rawlins)

• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Marion Butler)

• Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman: Nathan B. Scott; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)

• Printing (Chairman: Thomas C. Platt; Ranking Member: James K. Jones)

• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale)

• Privileges and Elections (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: Donelson Caffery)

• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Charles W. Fairbanks; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)

• Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)

• Public Lands (Chairman: Henry C. Hansbrough; Ranking Member: James H. Berry)

• Railroads (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)

• Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)

• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: William Lindsay; Ranking Member: William J. Deboe)

• Rules (Chairman: John C. Spooner; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)

• Tariff Regulation (Select)

• Territories (Chairman: George L. Shoup; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)

• Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Richard F. Pettigrew; Ranking Member: Edward O. Wolcott)

• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Joseph V. Quarles; Ranking Member: George Turner)

• Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: N/A)

• Washington City Centennial (Select)

• Whole

• Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: John W. Daniel; Ranking Member: George Frisbie Hoar)

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: Melville Bull; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett)

• Agriculture (Chairman: James W. Wadsworth; Ranking Member: John S. Williams)

• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Nehemiah D. Sperry; Ranking Member: Oscar Turner)

• Appropriations (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon; Ranking Member: Leonidas F. Livingston)

• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Marriott Brosius; Ranking Member: Nicholas N. Cox)

• Claims (Chairman: Joseph V. Graff; Ranking Member: Edward Robb)

• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: James H. Southard; Ranking Member: Edwin R. Ridgely)

• Disposition of Executive Papers

• District of Columbia (Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock; Ranking Member: Adolph Meyer)

• Education (Chairman: Galusha A. Grow; Ranking Member: David A. De Armond)

• Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: John B. Corliss; Ranking Member: William W. Rucker)

• Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Robert W. Tayler; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett)

• Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Walter L. Weaver; Ranking Member: James M. Robinson)

• Elections No.#3 (Chairman: William S. Mesick; Ranking Member: Robert W. Miers)

• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William B. Baker; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)

• Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles W. Gillet; Ranking Member: James W. Ryan)

• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: Thomas C. Catchings)

• Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Jonathan P. Dolliver; Ranking Member: Daniel J. Riordan)

• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: James F. Stewart; Ranking Member: Stanyarne Wilson)

• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Irving P. Wanger; Ranking Member: Edward Robb)

• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: William A. Smith; Ranking Member: Rufus E. Lester)

• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Robert G. Cousins; Ranking Member: William L. Terry)

• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William W. Grout; Ranking Member: William L. Stark)

• Expenditures on Public Buildings

• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert R. Hitt; Ranking Member: Hugh A. Dinsmore)

• Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: William B. Shattuc; Ranking Member: Peter J. Otey)

• Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: John S. Little)

• Insular Affairs (Chairman: Henry A. Cooper; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)

• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn; Ranking Member: William McAleer)

• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member: Robert W. Miers)

• Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Thomas H. Tongue; Ranking Member: John F. Shafroth)

• Judiciary (Chairman: George W. Ray; Ranking Member: William L. Terry)

• Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: W. Jasper Talbert)

• Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt; Ranking Member: John M. Allen)

• Library (Chairman: Alfred C. Harmer; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings)

• Manufactures (Chairman: George W. Faris; Ranking Member: Willard D. Vandiver)

• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor; Ranking Member: John F. Fitzgerald)

• Mileage (Chairman: John A. Barham; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Cooper)

• Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)

• Militia (Chairman: Charles Dick; Ranking Member: William L. Stark)

• Mines and Mining (Chairman: Rousseau O. Crump; Ranking Member: Farish C. Tate)

• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Charles A. Boutelle; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings)

• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: H. Henry Powers; Ranking Member: James L. Slayden)

• Patents (Chairman: Winfield S. Kerr; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)

• Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: Jesse F. Stallings)

• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Eugene F. Loud; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)

• Printing (Chairman: Joel P. Heatwole; Ranking Member: Farish C. Tate)

• Private Land Claims (Chairman: George W. Smith; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)

• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: David H. Mercer; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead)

• Public Lands (Chairman: John F. Lacey; Ranking Member: John F. Shafroth)

• Railways and Canals (Chairman: Charles A. Chickering; Ranking Member: Reese C. De Graffenreid)

• Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick H. Gillett; Ranking Member: Samuel M. Robertson)

• Revision of Laws (Chairman: Vespasian Warner; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)

• Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: Thomas C. Catchings)

• Rules (Chairman: John Dalzell; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson)

• Standards of Official Conduct

• Territories (Chairman: William S. Knox; Ranking Member: William McAleer)

• Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: George W. Prince; Ranking Member: David H. Smith)

• War Claims (Chairman: Thaddeus M. Mahon; Ranking Member: Patrick Henry)

• Ways and Means (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson)

• Whole

Joint committees

• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)

• Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers

• The Library

• Printing

Caucuses

• Democratic (House)

• Democratic (Senate)

Employees

List of federal agencies in the United States#United States CongressLegislative branch agency directors

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark

Librarian of Congress: John Russell Young, until 1899

• Herbert Putnam, from 1899

• Public Printer of the United States: Francis W. Palmer

Senate

• Chaplain: William H. Millburn (Methodist)

Secretary: William Ruffin Cox, until February 1, 1900

• Charles G. Bennett, elected February 1, 1900

• Librarian: Alonzo M. Church

Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright, until February 1, 1900

• Daniel M. Ransdell, elected February 1, 1900

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Henry N. Couden (Universalist)

• Clerk: Alexander McDowell

• Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds

• Doorkeeper: William J. Glenn

• Postmaster: Joseph C. McElroy

• Reading Clerks: E. L. Lampson (D) and Dennis E. Alward (R)

Sergeant at Arms: Benjamin F. Russell, until December 4, 1899

• Henry Casson, from December 4, 1899

See also

1898 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)

• 1898–99 United States Senate elections

• 1898 United States House of Representatives elections

1900 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)

• 1900 United States presidential election

• 1900–01 United States Senate elections

• 1900 United States House of Representatives elections

References

External links

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

• U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History

• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists