Wikipedia / 57th United States Congress
Wikipedia / 57th United States Congress
The 57th 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, 1901, to March 4, 1903, during the final six months of William McKinley's presidency, and the first year and a half of the first administration of his successor, Theodore Roosevelt. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1890 United States census. Both chambers had a Republican majority.
Major events
September 6, 1901: Leon Czolgosz shot President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York
September 14, 1901: President William McKinley died. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States
October 16, 1901: President Roosevelt invited African American leader Booker T. Washington to the White House. The American South reacted angrily to the visit, and racial violence increased in the region.
December 3, 1901: President Roosevelt delivered a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives, asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits."
February 22, 1902: Senators Benjamin Tillman and John L. McLaurin, both of South Carolina, have a fist fight while Congress is in session. Both Tillman and McLaurin were later censured by the Senate on February 28.
June 2, 1902: The Anthracite Coal Strike by the United Mine Workers began, continuing until October 21, 1902.
July 4, 1902: The Philippine–American War ended.
Major legislation
June 17, 1902: Newlands Reclamation Act
June 28, 1902: Isthmian Canal Act (Panama Canal), Sess. 1, ch. 1302,
January 21, 1903: Militia Act of 1903 (Dick Act),
February 11, 1903: Expediting Act, Sess. 2, ch. 544,
February 19, 1903: Elkins Act
March 3, 1903: Immigration Act of 1903, including §39, the Anarchist Exclusion Act
Party summary
Senate
Note: Fred T. Dubois (Idaho) was elected as a Silver Republican, but changed parties to Democratic after this Congress began.
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate leadership
Presiding
President: Theodore Roosevelt (R), until September 14, 1901; vacant thereafter.
House leadership
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.
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. The Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, precede the names in the list below. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1904; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1906; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1902.
List of United States senators from AlabamaAlabama
2. John T. Morgan (D)
3. Edmund Pettus (D)
List of United States senators from ArkansasArkansas
2. James H. Berry (D)
3. James K. Jones (D)
List of United States senators from CaliforniaCalifornia
1. Thomas R. Bard (R)
3. George C. Perkins (R)
List of United States senators from ColoradoColorado
2. Thomas M. Patterson (D)
3. Henry M. Teller (SR)
List of United States senators from ConnecticutConnecticut
1. Joseph R. Hawley (R)
3. Orville H. Platt (R)
List of United States senators from DelawareDelaware
1. L. Heisler Ball (R), from March 2, 1903
2. J. Frank Allee (R), from March 2, 1903
List of United States senators from FloridaFlorida
1. James P. Taliaferro (D)
3. Stephen Mallory (D)
List of United States senators from GeorgiaGeorgia
2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)
3. Alexander S. Clay (D)
List of United States senators from IdahoIdaho
2. Fred T. Dubois (D)
3. Henry Heitfeld (P)
List of United States senators from IllinoisIllinois
2. Shelby M. Cullom (R)
3. William E. Mason (R)
List of United States senators from IndianaIndiana
1. Albert J. Beveridge (R)
3. Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
List of United States senators from IowaIowa
2. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)
3. William B. Allison (R)
List of United States senators from KansasKansas
2. Joseph R. Burton (R)
3. William A. Harris (P)
List of United States senators from KentuckyKentucky
2. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)
3. William J. Deboe (R)
List of United States senators from LouisianaLouisiana
2. Murphy J. Foster (D)
3. Samuel D. McEnery (D)
List of United States senators from MaineMaine
1. Eugene Hale (R)
2. William P. Frye (R)
List of United States senators from MarylandMaryland
1. Louis E. McComas (R)
3. George L. Wellington (R)
List of United States senators from MassachusettsMassachusetts
1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)
2. George F. Hoar (R)
List of United States senators from MichiganMichigan
1. Julius C. Burrows (R)
2. James McMillan (R), until August 10, 1902
Russell A. Alger (R), from September 27, 1902
List of United States senators from MinnesotaMinnesota
1. Moses E. Clapp (R)
2. Knute Nelson (R)
List of United States senators from MississippiMississippi
1. Hernando D. Money (D)
2. Anselm J. McLaurin (D)
List of United States senators from MissouriMissouri
1. Francis Cockrell (D)
3. George G. Vest (D)
List of United States senators from MontanaMontana
1. Paris Gibson (D), from March 7, 1901
2. William A. Clark (D)
List of United States senators from NebraskaNebraska
1. William V. Allen (P), until March 28, 1901
Charles H. Dietrich (R), from March 28, 1901
2. Joseph H. Millard (R), from March 28, 1901
List of United States senators from NevadaNevada
1. William M. Stewart (R)
3. John P. Jones (R)
List of United States senators from New HampshireNew Hampshire
2. Henry E. Burnham (R)
3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)
List of United States senators from New JerseyNew Jersey
1. John Kean Jr. (R)
2. William J. Sewell (R), until December 27, 1901
John F. Dryden (R), from January 29, 1902
List of United States senators from New YorkNew York
1. Chauncey M. Depew (R)
3. Thomas C. Platt (R)
List of United States senators from North CarolinaNorth Carolina
2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D)
3. Jeter C. Pritchard (R)
List of United States senators from North DakotaNorth Dakota
1. Porter J. McCumber (R)
3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)
List of United States senators from OhioOhio
1. Marcus A. Hanna (R)
3. Joseph B. Foraker (R)
List of United States senators from OregonOregon
2. John H. Mitchell (R)
3. Joseph Simon (R)
List of United States senators from PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
1. Matthew S. Quay (R)
3. Boies Penrose (R)
List of United States senators from Rhode IslandRhode Island
1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
2. George P. Wetmore (R)
List of United States senators from South CarolinaSouth Carolina
2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
3. John L. McLaurin (D)
List of United States senators from South DakotaSouth Dakota
2. Robert J. Gamble (R)
3. James H. Kyle (R), until July 1, 1901
Alfred B. Kittredge (R), from July 11, 1901
List of United States senators from TennesseeTennessee
1. William B. Bate (D)
2. Edward W. Carmack (D)
List of United States senators from TexasTexas
1. Charles A. Culberson (D)
2. Joseph W. Bailey (D)
List of United States senators from UtahUtah
1. Thomas Kearns (R)
3. Joseph L. Rawlins (D)
List of United States senators from VermontVermont
1. Redfield Proctor (R)
3. William P. Dillingham (R)
List of United States senators from VirginiaVirginia
1. John W. Daniel (D)
2. Thomas S. Martin (D)
List of United States senators from WashingtonWashington
1. Addison G. Foster (R)
3. George Turner (SR)
List of United States senators from West VirginiaWest Virginia
1. Nathan B. Scott (R)
2. Stephen B. Elkins (R)
List of United States senators from WisconsinWisconsin
1. Joseph V. Quarles (R)
3. John C. Spooner (R)
List of United States senators from WyomingWyoming
1. Clarence D. Clark (R)
2. Francis E. Warren (R)
House of Representatives
List of United States representatives from AlabamaAlabama
. George W. Taylor (D)
. Ariosto A. Wiley (D)
. Henry D. Clayton (D)
. Sydney J. Bowie (D)
. Charles Winston Thompson (D)
. John H. Bankhead (D)
. John L. Burnett (D)
. William N. Richardson (D)
. Oscar Underwood (D)
List of United States representatives from ArkansasArkansas
. Philip D. McCulloch Jr. (D)
. John S. Little (D)
. Thomas C. McRae (D)
. Charles C. Reid (D)
. Hugh A. Dinsmore (D)
. Stephen Brundidge Jr. (D)
List of United States representatives from CaliforniaCalifornia
. Frank Coombs (R)
. Samuel D. Woods (R)
. Victor H. Metcalf (R)
. Julius Kahn (R)
. Eugene F. Loud (R)
. James McLachlan (R)
. James C. Needham (R)
List of United States representatives from ColoradoColorado
. John F. Shafroth (SR)
. John C. Bell (P)
List of United States representatives from ConnecticutConnecticut
. E. Stevens Henry (R)
. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)
. Charles A. Russell (R), until October 23, 1902
Frank B. Brandegee (R), from November 4, 1902
. Ebenezer J. Hill (R)
List of United States representatives from DelawareDelaware
. L. Heisler Ball (R)
List of United States representatives from FloridaFlorida
. Stephen M. Sparkman (D)
. Robert W. Davis (D)
List of United States representatives from GeorgiaGeorgia
. Rufus E. Lester (D)
. James M. Griggs (D)
. Elijah B. Lewis (D)
. William C. Adamson (D)
. Leonidas F. Livingston (D)
. Charles L. Bartlett (D)
. John W. Maddox (D)
. William M. Howard (D)
. Farish C. Tate (D)
. William H. Fleming (D)
. William G. Brantley (D)
List of United States representatives from IdahoIdaho
. Thomas L. Glenn (P)
List of United States representatives from IllinoisIllinois
. James R. Mann (R)
. John J. Feely (D)
. George P. Foster (D)
. James McAndrews (D)
. William Frank Mahoney (D)
. Henry S. Boutell (R)
. George E. Foss (R)
. Albert J. Hopkins (R)
. Robert R. Hitt (R)
. George W. Prince (R)
. Walter Reeves (R)
. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
. Vespasian Warner (R)
. Joseph V. Graff (R)
. J. Ross Mickey (D)
. Thomas J. Selby (D)
. Ben F. Caldwell (D)
. Thomas M. Jett (D)
. Joseph B. Crowley (D)
. James R. Williams (D)
. Fred J. Kern (D)
. George Washington Smith (R)
List of United States representatives from IndianaIndiana
. James A. Hemenway (R)
. Robert W. Miers (D)
. William T. Zenor (D)
. Francis M. Griffith (D)
. Elias S. Holliday (R)
. James E. Watson (R)
. Jesse Overstreet (R)
. George W. Cromer (R)
. Charles B. Landis (R)
. Edgar D. Crumpacker (R)
. George W. Steele (R)
. James M. Robinson (D)
. Abraham L. Brick (R)
List of United States representatives from IowaIowa
. Thomas Hedge (R)
. John N. W. Rumple (R), until January 31, 1903
. David B. Henderson (R)
. Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
. Robert G. Cousins (R)
. John F. Lacey (R)
. John A. T. Hull (R)
. William P. Hepburn (R)
. Walter I. Smith (R)
. James P. Conner (R)
. Lot Thomas (R)
List of United States representatives from KansasKansas
. Charles Curtis (R)
. Justin De Witt Bowersock (R)
. Alfred Metcalf Jackson (D)
. James Monroe Miller (R)
. William A. Calderhead (R)
. William A. Reeder (R)
. Chester I. Long (R), until March 4, 1903
. Charles Frederick Scott (R)
List of United States representatives from KentuckyKentucky
. Charles K. Wheeler (D)
. Henry Dixon Allen (D)
. John S. Rhea (D), until March 25, 1902
J. McKenzie Moss (R), from March 25, 1902
. David Highbaugh Smith (D)
. Harvey Samuel Irwin (R)
. Daniel Linn Gooch (D)
. South Trimble (D)
. George G. Gilbert (D)
. James Nicholas Kehoe (D)
. James Bramford White (D)
. Vincent Boreing (R)
List of United States representatives from LouisianaLouisiana
. Adolph Meyer (D)
. Robert C. Davey (D)
. Robert F. Broussard (D)
. Phanor Breazeale (D)
. Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
. Samuel M. Robertson (D)
List of United States representatives from MaineMaine
. Amos L. Allen (R)
. Charles E. Littlefield (R)
. Edwin C. Burleigh (R)
. Llewellyn Powers (R), from April 8, 1901
List of United States representatives from MarylandMaryland
. Albert Blakeney (R)
. Frank C. Wachter (R)
. Charles R. Schirm (R)
. Sydney E. Mudd (R)
. George A. Pearre (R)
List of United States representatives from MassachusettsMassachusetts
. George P. Lawrence (R)
. Frederick H. Gillett (R)
. John R. Thayer (D)
. Charles Q. Tirrell (R)
. William S. Knox (R)
. William H. Moody (R), until May 1, 1902
Augustus P. Gardner (R), from November 4, 1902
. Ernest W. Roberts (R)
. Samuel W. McCall (R)
. Joseph A. Conry (D)
. Henry F. Naphen (D)
. Samuel L. Powers (R)
. William C. Lovering (R)
. William S. Greene (R)
List of United States representatives from MichiganMichigan
. John B. Corliss (R)
. Henry C. Smith (R)
. Washington Gardner (R)
. Edward L. Hamilton (R)
. William Alden Smith (R)
. Samuel W. Smith (R)
. Edgar Weeks (R)
. Joseph W. Fordney (R)
. Roswell P. Bishop (R)
. Rousseau O. Crump (R), until May 1, 1901
Henry H. Aplin (R), from October 15, 1901
. Archibald B. Darragh (R)
. Carlos D. Shelden (R)
List of United States representatives from MinnesotaMinnesota
. James Albertus Tawney (R)
. James T. McCleary (R)
. Joel Heatwole (R)
. Frederick C. Stevens (R)
. Loren Fletcher (R)
. R. Page W. Morris (R)
. Frank Eddy (R)
List of United States representatives from MississippiMississippi
. Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D)
. Thomas Spight (D)
. Patrick Stevens Henry (D)
. Andrew F. Fox (D)
. John Sharp Williams (D)
. Frank A. McLain (D)
. Charles E. Hooker (D)
List of United States representatives from MissouriMissouri
. James T. Lloyd (D)
. William W. Rucker (D)
. John Dougherty (D)
. Charles F. Cochran (D)
. William S. Cowherd (D)
. David A. De Armond (D)
. James Cooney (D)
. Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)
. James Beauchamp Clark (D)
. Richard Bartholdt (R)
. Charles F. Joy (R)
. James Joseph Butler (D), until June 28, 1902, then November 4, 1902 – February 26, 1903
George Wagoner (R), from February 26, 1903
. Edward Robb (D)
. Willard D. Vandiver (D)
. Maecenas E. Benton (D)
List of United States representatives from MontanaMontana
. Caldwell Edwards (P)
List of United States representatives from NebraskaNebraska
. Elmer J. Burkett (R)
. David H. Mercer (R)
. John S. Robinson (D)
. William L. Stark (P)
. Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)
. William Neville (P)
List of United States representatives from NevadaNevada
. Francis G. Newlands (D)
List of United States representatives from New HampshireNew Hampshire
. Cyrus A. Sulloway (R)
. Frank Dunklee Currier (R)
List of United States representatives from New JerseyNew Jersey
. Henry C. Loudenslager (R)
. John J. Gardner (R)
. Benjamin F. Howell (R)
. Joshua S. Salmon (D), until May 6, 1902
De Witt C. Flanagan (D), from June 18, 1902
. James F. Stewart (R)
. Richard Wayne Parker (R)
. Allan L. McDermott (D)
. Charles N. Fowler (R)
List of United States representatives from New YorkNew York
. Frederic Storm (R)
. John J. Fitzgerald (D)
. Henry Bristow (R)
. Harry A. Hanbury (R)
. Frank E. Wilson (D)
. George H. Lindsay (D)
. Nicholas Muller (D), until November 22, 1901
Montague Lessler (R), from January 7, 1902
. Thomas J. Creamer (D)
. Henry M. Goldfogle (D)
. Amos J. Cummings (D), until May 2, 1902
Edward Swann (D), from November 4, 1902
. William Sulzer (D)
. George B. McClellan Jr. (D)
. Oliver Belmont (D)
. William H. Douglas (R)
. Jacob Ruppert (D)
. Cornelius A. Pugsley (D)
. Arthur S. Tompkins (R)
. John H. Ketcham (R)
. William H. Draper (R)
. George N. Southwick (R)
. John Knox Stewart (R)
. Lucius N. Littauer (R)
. Louis W. Emerson (R)
. Charles L. Knapp (R), from November 5, 1901
. James S. Sherman (R)
. George W. Ray (R), until September 11, 1902
John W. Dwight (R), from November 4, 1902
. Michael E. Driscoll (R)
. Sereno E. Payne (R)
. Charles W. Gillet (R)
. James W. Wadsworth (R)
. James B. Perkins (R)
. William H. Ryan (D)
. De Alva S. Alexander (R)
. Edward B. Vreeland (R)
List of United States representatives from North CarolinaNorth Carolina
. John Humphrey Small (D)
. Claude Kitchin (D)
. Charles R. Thomas (D)
. Edward W. Pou (D)
. William W. Kitchin (D)
. John D. Bellamy (D)
. Theodore F. Kluttz (D)
. E. Spencer Blackburn (R)
. James M. Moody (R), until February 5, 1903
List of United States representatives from North DakotaNorth Dakota
. Thomas Frank Marshall (R)
List of United States representatives from OhioOhio
. William B. Shattuc (R)
. Jacob H. Bromwell (R)
. Robert M. Nevin (R)
. Robert B. Gordon (D)
. John S. Snook (D)
. Charles Q. Hildebrant (R)
. Thomas B. Kyle (R)
. William R. Warnock (R)
. James H. Southard (R)
. Stephen Morgan (R)
. Charles H. Grosvenor (R)
. Emmett Tompkins (R)
. James A. Norton (D)
. William W. Skiles (R)
. Henry C. Van Voorhis (R)
. John J. Gill (R)
. John W. Cassingham (D)
. Robert W. Tayler (R)
. Charles W. F. Dick (R)
. Jacob A. Beidler (R)
. Theodore E. Burton (R)
List of United States representatives from OregonOregon
. Thomas H. Tongue (R), until January 11, 1903
. Malcolm A. Moody (R)
List of United States representatives from PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
. Henry H. Bingham (R)
. Robert Adams Jr. (R)
. Henry Burk (R)
. James R. Young (R)
. Edward D. Morrell (R)
. Thomas S. Butler (R)
. Irving P. Wanger (R)
. Howard Mutchler (D)
. Henry D. Green (D)
. Marriott Brosius (R), until March 16, 1901
Henry B. Cassel (R), from November 5, 1901
. William Connell (R)
. Henry W. Palmer (R)
. George R. Patterson (R)
. Marlin E. Olmsted (R)
. Charles F. Wright (R)
. Elias Deemer (R)
. Rufus K. Polk (D), until March 5, 1902
Alexander Billmeyer (D), from November 4, 1902
. Thaddeus M. Mahon (R)
. Robert Jacob Lewis (R)
. Alvin Evans (R)
. Summers M. Jack (R)
. John Dalzell (R)
. William H. Graham (R)
. Ernest F. Acheson (R)
. Joseph B. Showalter (R)
. Arthur L. Bates (R)
. Joseph C. Sibley (R)
. James K. P. Hall (D), until November 29, 1902
. Galusha A. Grow (R)
. Robert H. Foerderer (R)
List of United States representatives from Rhode IslandRhode Island
. Melville Bull (R)
. Adin B. Capron (R)
List of United States representatives from South CarolinaSouth Carolina
. William Elliott (D)
. William J. Talbert (D)
. Asbury C. Latimer (D)
. Joseph T. Johnson (D)
. David E. Finley (D)
. Robert B. Scarborough (D)
. J. William Stokes (D), until July 6, 1901
Asbury F. Lever (D), from November 5, 1901
List of United States representatives from South DakotaSouth Dakota
. Charles H. Burke (R)
. Eben W. Martin (R)
List of United States representatives from TennesseeTennessee
. Walter P. Brownlow (R)
. Henry R. Gibson (R)
. John A. Moon (D)
. Charles E. Snodgrass (D)
. James D. Richardson (D)
. John W. Gaines (D)
. Lemuel P. Padgett (D)
. Thetus W. Sims (D)
. Rice A. Pierce (D)
. Malcolm R. Patterson (D)
List of United States representatives from TexasTexas
. Thomas H. Ball (D)
. Samuel B. Cooper (D)
. Reese C. De Graffenreid (D), until August 29, 1902
Gordon J. Russell (D), from November 4, 1902
. John L. Sheppard (D), until October 11, 1902
Morris Sheppard (D), from November 15, 1902
. Choice B. Randell (D)
. Robert E. Burke (D), until June 5, 1901
Dudley G. Wooten (D), from July 13, 1901
. Robert L. Henry (D)
. Samuel W. T. Lanham (D), until January 15, 1903
. Albert S. Burleson (D)
. George Farmer Burgess (D)
. Rudolph Kleberg (D)
. James L. Slayden (D)
. John H. Stephens (D)
List of United States representatives from UtahUtah
. George Sutherland (R)
List of United States representatives from VermontVermont
. David J. Foster (R)
. Kittredge Haskins (R)
List of United States representatives from VirginiaVirginia
. William A. Jones (D)
. Harry L. Maynard (D)
. John Lamb (D)
. Francis R. Lassiter (D)
. Claude A. Swanson (D)
. Peter J. Otey (D), until May 4, 1902
Carter Glass (D), from November 4, 1902
. James Hay (D)
. John F. Rixey (D)
. William F. Rhea (D)
. Henry D. Flood (D)
List of United States representatives from WashingtonWashington
. Francis W. Cushman (R)
. Wesley L. Jones (R)
List of United States representatives from West VirginiaWest Virginia
. Blackburn B. Dovener (R)
. Alston G. Dayton (R)
. Joseph Holt Gaines (R)
. James Anthony Hughes (R)
List of United States representatives from WisconsinWisconsin
. Henry Allen Cooper (R)
. Herman B. Dahle (R)
. Joseph W. Babcock (R)
. Theobald Otjen (R)
. Samuel S. Barney (R)
. James H. Davidson (R)
. John J. Esch (R)
. Edward S. Minor (R)
. Webster E. Brown (R)
. John J. Jenkins (R)
List of United States representatives from WyomingWyoming
. Frank W. Mondell (R)
Non-voting members
. Marcus Aurelius Smith (D)
. Robert W. Wilcox (I)
. Bernard Shandon Rodey (R)
. Dennis T. Flynn (R)
. Federico Degetau (Resident Commissioner) (R)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
Note:Delaware's Class 1 Senate seat remained vacant for entire Congress due to the legislature's failure to elect.
Replacements: 4
Democratic: 1 seat gain
Republican: 3 seat gain
Populist: 1 seat loss
Deaths: 3
Resignations: 0
Vacancy: 1
Total seats with changes: 6
House of Representatives
Replacements: 17
Democratic: 3 seat loss
Republican: 3 seat gain
Deaths: 14
Resignations: 5
Contested elections: 2
Total seats with changes: 24
Committees
Senate
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: Hernando D. Money)
Canadian Relations (Chairman: John F. Dryden)
Census (Chairman: Joseph V. Quarles; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: William A. Harris)
Claims (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Addison G. Foster; Ranking Member: John Tyler Morgan)
Coast Defenses (Chairman: John H. Mitchell; Ranking Member: George Turner)
Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: John P. Jones)
Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Thomas S. Martin; Ranking Member: Nelson W. Aldrich)
Cuban Relations (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
District of Columbia (Chairman: James McMillan; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
Education and Labor (Chairman: Louis E. McComas; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: George F. Hoar)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Mark Hanna; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster)
Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: William J. Deboe; Ranking Member: James K. Jones)
Examination and Disposition of Documents (Select) (Chairman: Russell A. Alger)
Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: Henry Heitfeld)
Finance (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
Fisheries (Chairman: Thomas R. Bard; Ranking Member: George Turner)
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: William B. Bate; Ranking Member: Joseph R. Burton)
Foreign Relations (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: Joseph R. Burton; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
Geological Survey (Chairman: John Kean; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
Immigration (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Rawlins)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: John L. McLaurin)
Indian Depredations (Chairman: Robert J. Gamble; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
Industrial Expositions (Chairman: Henry E. Burnham; Ranking Member: John L. McLaurin)
Investigate the Condition of the Potomac River Front at Washington (Select) (Chairman: Joseph H. Millard)
Indian Territory (Select)
Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: Joseph R. Hawley)
Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Joseph Simon; Ranking Member: William A. Harris)
Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
Library (Chairman: George P. Wetmore; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
Manufactures (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: John L. McLaurin)
Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Nathan B. Scott; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Knute Nelson)
National Banks (Select) (Chairman: Thomas Kearns; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: John L. McLaurin)
Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: Joseph B. Foraker; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Jonathan P. Dolliver; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
Patents (Chairman: Jeter C. Pritchard; Ranking Member: Stephen R. Mallory)
Pensions (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: George Turner)
Philippines (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Rawlins)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: William E. Mason; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
Potomac River Front (Select)
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: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: Edmund W. Pettus)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Charles W. Fairbanks; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: John P. Jones)
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: Chauncey M. Depew; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Joseph Simon)
Rules (Chairman: John C. Spooner; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
Standards, Weights and Measures (Select) (Chairman: Alfred B. Kittredge; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
Tariff Regulation (Select)
Territories (Chairman: Albert J. Beveridge; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)
Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: John W. Daniel; Ranking Member: Porter J. McCumber)
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: John L. McLaurin)
Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: Charles H. Dietrich; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
Ventilation and Acoustics (Select) (Chairman: L. Heisler Ball)
Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: George P. Wetmore)
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: John L. Burnett)
Appropriations (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon; Ranking Member: Leonidas F. Livingston)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: Charles N. Fowler; Ranking Member: W. Jasper Talbert)
Census (Chairman: Albert J. Hopkins; Ranking Member: Francis M. Griffith)
Claims (Chairman: Joseph V. Graff; Ranking Member: Peter J. Otey)
Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: James H. Southard; Ranking Member: Charles F. Cochran)
Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Edward S. Minor; Ranking Member: Charles F. Cochran)
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: Andrew F. Fox)
Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Marlin E. Olmsted; Ranking Member: James M. Robinson)
Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Edgar Weeks; Ranking Member: Frank A. McLain)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Frank C. Wachter; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)
Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles W. Gillet; Ranking Member: Henry D. Flood)
Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman: David J. Foster; Ranking Member: N/A)
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: Henry D. Green)
Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Jesse Overstreet; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: James F. Stewart; Ranking Member: Charles W. Thompson)
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Irving P. Wanger; Ranking Member: Edward Robb)
Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: John H. Ketcham; Ranking Member: Rufus E. Lester)
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Robert G. Cousins; Ranking Member: John Lamb)
Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Charles A. Russell; Ranking Member: William L. Stark)
Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Loren Fletcher; Ranking Member: John H. Small)
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)
Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: James A. Tawney; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett)
Insular Affairs (Chairman: Henry Allen Cooper; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn; Ranking Member: Robert C. Davey)
Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member: Robert W. Miers)
Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Thomas H. Tongue; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands)
Judiciary (Chairman: George W. Ray; Ranking Member: David A. De Armond)
Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: W. Jasper Talbert)
Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt; Ranking Member: Robert F. Broussard)
Library (Chairman: James T. McCleary; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings then Dudley G. Wooten)
Manufactures (Chairman: George W. Steele; Ranking Member: Willard D. Vandiver)
Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor; Ranking Member: Thomas Spight)
Mileage (Chairman: William A. Reeder; Ranking Member: Elijah B. Lewis)
Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
Militia (Chairman: Charles Dick; Ranking Member: William L. Stark)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Frank M. Eddy; Ranking Member: Farish Carter Tate)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: George E. Foss; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings)
Pacific Railroads (Chairman: William A. Smith; Ranking Member: James L. Slayden)
Patents (Chairman: Walter Reeves; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: Reese C. De Graffenreid)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Eugene F. Loud; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
Printing (Chairman: Joel P. Heatwole; Ranking Member: Farish Carter 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: James H. Davidson; Ranking Member: Reese C. De Graffenreid)
Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick H. Gillett; Ranking Member: William Elliott)
Revision of Laws (Chairman: Vespasian Warner; Ranking Member: John S. Robinson)
Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: Rufus E. Lester)
Rules (Chairman: John Dalzell; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson)
Territories (Chairman: William S. Knox; Ranking Member: John A. Moon)
Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: Roswell P. Bishop; Ranking Member: David H. Smith)
War Claims (Chairman: Thaddeus M. Mahon; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
Ways and Means (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson)
Joint committees
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, died January 6, 1902.
Elliott Woods, appointed February 19, 1902.
Senate
Chaplain: William H. Millburn, Methodist, until December 2, 1902.
F.J. Prettyman, Methodist, elected December 2, 1902.
House of Representatives
Doorkeeper: William J. Glenn, until March 12, 1902
Frank B. Lyon, elected March 18, 1902
Reading Clerks: E. L. Lampson (D) and Dennis E. Alward (R)
See also
1900 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
1902 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)