55 ° Congreso de los Estados Unidos

55 ° Congreso de los Estados Unidos
54º  ← →  56º
Capitolio de los Estados Unidos (1906)
4 de marzo de 1897 - 4 de marzo de 1899
Miembros	90 senadores 357 representantes 3 delegados sin derecho a voto
Mayoría del Senado	Republicano
Presidente del senado	Garret Hobart (derecha)
Mayoría de la casa	Republicano
Presidente de la Cámara	Thomas B. Reed (derecha)
Sesiones
Especial : 4 de marzo de 1897-10 de marzo de 1897 1 ° : 15 de marzo de 1897-24 de julio de 1897 2 ° : 6 de diciembre de 1897-8 de julio de 1898 3 ° : 5 de diciembre de 1898-3 de marzo de 1899

El 55º Congreso de los Estados Unidos fue una reunión del poder legislativo del gobierno federal de los Estados Unidos, compuesto por el Senado de los Estados Unidos y la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos . Se reunió en Washington, DC del 4 de marzo de 1897 al 4 de marzo de 1899, durante los dos primeros años de la presidencia de William McKinley . La distribución de escaños en la Cámara de Representantes se basó en el Undécimo Censo de los Estados Unidos en 1890 . Ambas cámaras tenían mayoría republicana . Había un miembro afroamericano, George Henry White , un republicanodel estado de Carolina del Norte .

Eventos importantes

Artículos principales: 1897 en Estados Unidos , 1898 en Estados Unidos y 1899 en Estados Unidos

• 4 de marzo de 1897: William McKinley se convierte en presidente de los Estados Unidos .
• 15 de febrero de 1898: Guerra Hispanoamericana : El USS Maine explota en el puerto de La Habana .
• 10 de diciembre de 1898: El Tratado de París puso fin a la Guerra Hispanoamericana, 30  Stat.  1754 .

Legislación importante

Artículo principal: Lista de la legislación federal de los Estados Unidos § 55o Congreso de los Estados Unidos

• 10 de junio: Ley de Ingresos de Guerra de 1898
• 24 de julio de 1897: tarifa Dingley , cap. 11, 30  Stat.  151 , aumento de los aranceles comerciales para los ingresos y la protección
• 20 de abril de 1898: Resolución de cajero (Cuba), 30  Stat.  738
• 25 de abril de 1898: Declaración de guerra de los Estados Unidos a España ( Guerra Hispanoamericana ), 30  Stat.  364
• 1 de junio de 1898: Erdman Act , 30  Stat.  424
• 13 de junio de 1898: Ley de Ingresos de Guerra de 1898 , 30  Stat.  448
• 1 de julio de 1898: Ley de quiebras de 1898 (Ley Henderson-Nelson), cap. 541, 30  Stat.  544 , dio a las empresas la opción de obtener protección frente a los acreedores.
• 7 de julio de 1898: Resolución de Newlands , No. 55, 30  Stat.  750 , autorizó la anexión de la República de Hawái
• 3 de marzo de 1899: Ley de ríos y puertos de 1899 , cap. 425, 33  Stat.  401 , § 9, 30  Stat.  1151

Tratados ratificados

• 6 de febrero de 1899: Tratado de París , que pone fin a la Guerra Hispanoamericana . Guam , Filipinas y Puerto Rico se convirtieron en posesiones de EE. UU.

Resumen del partido

El recuento a continuación identifica las afiliaciones partidarias al comienzo de la primera sesión de este Congreso, e incluye miembros de vacantes y estados recién admitidos, cuando ocuparon su asiento por primera vez. Los cambios resultantes de reemplazos posteriores se muestran a continuación en la sección "Cambios en la membresía".

Senado

Composición del Senado por estado

  2 demócratas (12 estados)

  2 republicanos (14 estados)

  2 Plata (1 estado)

  1 demócrata y 1 republicano (9 estados)

  1 republicano y 1 republicano plateado (4 estados)

  1 republicano y 1 populista (4 estados)

  1 populista y 1 republicano de plata (1 estado)

	Fiesta (el sombreado muestra control)					Total	Vacante
	Democrático (D)	Populista (P)	Republicano (R)	Republicano de Plata (SR)	Plata (S)
Fin del congreso anterior	40	4	44	0	2	90	0
Empezar	33	5	43	5	2	88	2
Final	34		44			90	0
Cuota de voto final	37,8%	5,6%	48,9%	5,6%	2,2%
Inicio del próximo congreso	26	4	51	3	2	86	4

Cámara de Representantes

	Fiesta (el sombreado muestra control)						Total	Vacante
	Democrático (D)	Populista (P)	Republicano (R)	Republicano independiente (IR)	Republicano de Plata (SR)	Plata (S)
Fin del congreso anterior	94	9	252	0	1	0	356	1
Empezar	126	22	202	1	3	1	355	2
Final	122		201				350	7
Cuota de voto final	34,9%	6,3%	57,4%	0,3%	0,9%	0,3%
Inicio del próximo congreso	163	6	183	0	2	1	355	2

Liderazgo

Senado

• Presidente : Garret Hobart (derecha)
• Presidente pro tempore : William P. Frye (R)
• Presidente de la Conferencia Republicana : William B. Allison
• Presidente del Caucus Demócrata : Arthur Pue Gorman , hasta 1898
  • David Turpie , después
• Presidente del Comité de Campaña Demócrata : Charles James Faulkner

Cámara de Representantes

• Ponente : Thomas Brackett Reed (R)
• Presidente de la Conferencia Republicana : Charles H. Grosvenor
• Presidente del Comité de Campaña Republicana : Joseph W. Babcock
• Presidente del Caucus Demócrata : James D. Richardson

Miembros

Esta lista está ordenada por cámara, luego por estado. Los senadores se enumeran por clase y los representantes se enumeran por distrito.

Ir a la Cámara de Representantes , a continuación

Senado

Los senadores eran elegidos por las legislaturas estatales cada dos años, con un tercio comenzando nuevos períodos de seis años con cada Congreso. Precediendo a los nombres en la lista a continuación están los números de clase del Senado , que indican el ciclo de su elección. En este Congreso, la Clase 1 significó que su mandato terminaba con este Congreso, requiriendo la reelección en 1898; La clase 2 significó que su mandato comenzó en el último Congreso, requiriendo la reelección en 1900; y la Clase 3 significó que su mandato comenzaba en este Congreso, requiriendo la reelección en 1902.

Alabama 2. John T. Morgan (D) 3. Edmund Pettus (D) Arkansas 2. James H. Berry (D) 3. James K. Jones (D) California 1. Stephen M. White (D) 3. George C. Perkins (derecha) Colorado 2. Edward O. Wolcott (derecha) 3. Henry M. Teller (SR) Connecticut 1. Joseph R. Hawley (derecha) 3. Orville H. Platt (R) Delaware 1. George Gray (D) 2. Richard R. Kenney (D) Florida 1. Samuel Pasco (D) 3. Stephen R. Mallory (D), del 14 de mayo de 1897 [1] Georgia 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D) 3. Alexander S. Clay (D) Idaho 2. George L. Shoup (derecha) 3. Henry Heitfeld (P) Illinois 2. Shelby M. Cullom (derecha) 3. William E. Mason (derecha) Indiana 1. David Turpie (D) 3. Charles W. Fairbanks (R) Iowa 2 John H. Gear (derecha) 3. William B. Allison (R) Kansas 2. Lucien Baker (derecha) 3. William A. Harris (P) Kentucky 2. William Lindsay (D) 3. William J. Deboe (R) Luisiana 2. Donelson Caffery (D) 3. Samuel D. McEnery (D) Maine 1. Eugene Hale (R) 2. William P. Frye (derecha) Maryland 1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D) 3. George L. Wellington (derecha) Massachusetts 1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R) 2. George F. Hoar (derecha) Michigan 1. Julius C. Burrows (R) 2. James McMillan (R) Minnesota 1. Cushman Davis (derecha) 2. Knute Nelson (derecha) Mississippi 1. James Z. George (D), hasta el 14 de agosto de 1897 Hernando D. Money (D), del 8 de octubre de 1897 2. Edward C. Walthall (D), hasta el 21 de abril de 1898 William V. Sullivan (D), del 31 de mayo de 1898 Misuri 1. Francis M. Cockrell (D) 3. George G. Vest (D) Montana 1. Lee Mantle ( SR ) 2. Thomas H. Carter (R)

Nebraska 1. William V. Allen (P) 2. John M. Thurston (R) Nevada 1. William M. Stewart (C) 3. John P. Jones (S) New Hampshire 2. William E. Chandler (R) 3. Jacob H. Gallinger (derecha) Nueva Jersey 1. James Smith, Jr. (D) 2. William J. Sewell (R) Nueva York 1. Edward Murphy, Jr. (D) 3. Thomas C. Platt (R) Carolina del Norte 2. Marion Butler (P) 3. Jeter C. Pritchard (R) Dakota del Norte 1. William N. Roach (D) 3. Henry C. Hansbrough (derecha) Ohio 1. John Sherman (R), hasta el 4 de marzo de 1897 Mark Hanna (R), del 5 de marzo de 1897 3. Joseph B. Foraker (R) Oregón 2. George W. McBride (R) 3. Joseph Simon (R), del 7 de octubre de 1898 Pensilvania 1. Matthew S. Quay (derecha) 3. Boies Penrose (R) Rhode Island 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R) 2. George P. Wetmore (derecha) Carolina del Sur 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D) 3. Joseph H. Earle (D), hasta el 20 de mayo de 1897 John L. McLaurin (D), desde el 1 de junio de 1897 Dakota del Sur 2. Richard F. Pettigrew ( SR ) 3. James H. Kyle (P) Tennessee 1. William B. Bate (D) 2. Isham G. Harris (D), hasta el 8 de julio de 1897 Thomas B. Turley (D), del 20 de julio de 1897 Texas 1. Roger Q. Mills (D) 2. Horace Chilton (D) Utah 1. Frank J. Cannon ( SR ) 3. Joseph L. Rawlins (D) Vermont 1. Redfield Proctor (R) 3. Justin S. Morrill (R), hasta el 28 de diciembre de 1898 Jonathan Ross (derecha), del 11 de enero de 1899 Virginia 1. John W. Daniel (D) 2. Thomas S. Martin (D) Washington 1. John L. Wilson (R) 3. George Turner ( SR ) Virginia Occidental 1. Charles J. Faulkner (D) 2. Stephen B. Elkins (derecha) Wisconsin 1. John L. Mitchell (D) 3. John C. Spooner (R) Wyoming 1. Clarence D. Clark (R) 2. Francis E. Warren (R)

Presidente del Senado Garret Hobart

Cámara de Representantes

Los nombres de los miembros de la Cámara de Representantes están precedidos por sus números de distrito.

Alabama 1 . George W. Taylor (D) 2 . Jesse F. Stallings (D) 3 . Henry D. Clayton (D) 4 . Thomas S. Plowman (D), hasta el 9 de febrero de 1898 William F. Aldrich (R), del 9 de febrero de 1898 5 . Willis Brewer (D) 6 . John H. Bankhead (D) 7 . Milford W. Howard (P) 8 . Joseph Wheeler (D) 9 . Oscar Underwood (D) Arkansas 1 . Philip D. McCulloch, Jr. (D) 2 . John S. Little (D) 3 . Thomas C. McRae (D) 4 . William L. Terry (D) 5 . Hugh A. Dinsmore (D) 6 . Stephen Brundidge, Jr. (D) California 1 . John A. Barham (derecha) 2 . Marion De Vries (D) 3 . Samuel G. Hilborn (derecha) 4 . James G. Maguire (D) 5 . Eugene F. Loud (derecha) 6 . Charles A. Barlow (P) 7 . Castillo de Curtis H. (P) Colorado 1 . John F. Shafroth ( SR ) 2 . John C. Bell (P) Connecticut 1 . E. Stevens Henry (derecha) 2 . Nehemías D. Sperry (R) 3 . Charles A. Russell (derecha) 4 . Ebenezer J. Hill (derecha) Delaware En general . L. Irving Handy (D) Florida 1 . Stephen M. Sparkman (D) 2 . Robert W. Davis (D) Georgia 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) Idaho En general . James Gunn (P) Illinois 1 . James R. Mann (derecha) 2 . William Lorimer (derecha) 3 . Hugh R. Belknap (derecha) 4 . Daniel W. Mills (derecha) 5 . George E. White (derecha) 6 . Edward D. Cooke (R), hasta el 24 de junio de 1897 Henry S. Boutell (R), del 23 de noviembre de 1897 7 . George E. Foss (derecha) 8 . Albert J. Hopkins (derecha) 9 . Robert R. Hitt (derecha) 10 . George W. Prince (derecha) 11 . Walter Reeves (derecha) 12 . Joseph G. Cannon (derecha) 13 . Vespasiano Warner (R) 14 . Joseph V. Graff (derecha) 15 . Benjamin F. Marsh (derecha) 16 . William H. Hinrichsen (D) 17 . James A. Connolly (derecha) 18 . Thomas M. Jett (D) 19 . Andrew J. Hunter (D) 20 . James R. Campbell (D) 21 . Jehu Baker (D) 22 . George Washington Smith (derecha) Indiana 1 . James A. Hemenway (derecha) 2 . Robert W. Miers (D) 3 . William T. Zenor (D) 4 . William S. Holman (D), hasta el 22 de abril de 1897 Francis M. Griffith (D), del 6 de diciembre de 1897 5 . George W. Faris (derecha) 6 . Henry U. Johnson (derecha) 7 . Jesse Overstreet (derecha) 8 . Charles L. Henry (derecha) 9 . Charles B. Landis (derecha) 10 . Edgar D. Crumpacker (derecha) 11 . George W. Steele (derecha) 12 . James M. Robinson (D) 13 . Lemuel W. Royse (derecha) Iowa 1 . Samuel M. Clark (derecha) 2 . George M. Curtis (derecha) 3 . David B. Henderson (derecha) 4 . Thomas Updegraff (derecha) 5 . Robert G. Cousins (derecha) 6 . John F. Lacey (derecha) 7 . John AT Hull (derecha) 8 . William P. Hepburn (derecha) 9 . Alva L. Hager (derecha) 10 . Jonathan P. Dolliver (derecha) 11 . George D. Perkins (derecha) Kansas En general . Jeremías D. Botkin (P) 1 . Caso Broderick (R) 2 . Mason S. Peters (P) 3 . Edwin R. Ridgely (P) 4 . Charles Curtis (derecha) 5 . William D. Vincent (P) 6 . Nelson B. McCormick (P) 7 . Jerry Simpson (P) Kentucky 1 . Charles K. Wheeler (D) 2 . John D. Clardy (D) 3 . John S. Rhea (D) 4 . David H. Smith (D) 5 . Walter Evans (derecha) 6 . Albert S. Berry (D) 7 . Evan E. Settle (D) 8 .George M. Davison (derecha) 9 . Samuel J. Pugh (derecha) 10 . Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick (D) 11 . David G. Colson (derecha) Luisiana 1 . Adolph Meyer (D) 2 . Robert C. Davey (D) 3 . Robert F. Broussard (D) 4 . Henry W. Ogden (D) 5 . Samuel T. Baird (D) 6 . Samuel M. Robertson (D) Maine 1 . Thomas B. Reed (derecha) 2 . Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R), hasta el 13 de enero de 1899 3 .Seth L. Milliken (R), hasta el 18 de abril de 1897 Edwin C. Burleigh (R), del 21 de junio de 1897 4 . Charles A. Boutelle (derecha) Maryland 1 . Isaac A. Barber (derecha) 2 . William B. Baker (derecha) 3 . William S. Booze (derecha) 4 . William W. McIntire (derecha) 5 . Sydney E. Mudd (derecha) 6 . John McDonald (derecha) Massachusetts 1 .Ashley B. Wright (derecha), hasta el 14 de agosto de 1897 George P. Lawrence (R), del 2 de noviembre de 1897 2 . Frederick H. Gillett (derecha) 3 . Joseph H. Walker (derecha) 4 . George W. Weymouth (derecha) 5 . William S. Knox (derecha) 6 . William H. Moody (derecha) 7 . William E. Barrett (derecha) 8 . Samuel W. McCall (derecha) 9 . John F. Fitzgerald (D) 10 . Samuel J. Barrows (derecha) 11 . Charles F. Sprague (derecha) 12 . William C. Amante (derecha) 13 .John Simpkins (derecha), hasta el 27 de marzo de 1898 William S. Greene (R), del 31 de mayo de 1898 Michigan 1 . John B. Corliss (derecha) 2 . George Spalding (derecha) 3 . Albert M. Todd (D) 4 . Edward L. Hamilton (derecha) 5 . William Alden Smith (derecha) 6 . Samuel W. Smith (derecha) 7 . Horace G. Snover (derecha) 8 . Ferdinand Brucker (D) 9 . Roswell P. Bishop (derecha) 10 . Rousseau O. Crump (derecha) 11 . William S. Mesick (derecha) 12 . Carlos D. Shelden (derecha) Minnesota 1 . James A. Tawney (derecha) 2 . James T. McCleary (derecha) 3 . Joel P. Heatwole (derecha) 4 . Frederick C. Stevens (derecha) 5 . Loren Fletcher (derecha) 6 . R. Page W. Morris (derecha) 7 . Frank M. Eddy (derecha) Mississippi 1 . John M. Allen (D) 2 . William V. Sullivan (D), hasta el 31 de mayo de 1898 Thomas Spight (D), del 5 de julio de 1898 3 . Thomas C. Catchings (D) 4 . Andrew F. Fox (D) 5 . John Sharp Williams (D) 6 . William F. Love (D), hasta el 16 de octubre de 1898 Frank A. McLain (D), del 12 de diciembre de 1898 7 . Patrick Henry (D) Misuri 1 . James T. Lloyd (D), desde el 1 de junio de 1897 2 . Robert N. Bodine (D) 3 . Alexander M. Dockery (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) 9 . James Beauchamp Clark (D) 10 . Richard Bartholdt (derecha) 11 . Charles F. Joy (derecha) 12 . Charles E. Pearce (derecha) 13 . Edward Robb (D) 14 . Willard D. Vandiver (D) 15 . Mecenas E. Benton (D) Montana En general . Charles S. Hartman ( SR )

Nebraska 1 . Jesse B. Strode (derecha) 2 . David H. Mercer (derecha) 3 . Samuel Maxwell (P) 4 . William L. Stark (P) 5 . Roderick D. Sutherland (P) 6 . William L. Greene (P) Nevada En general . Francis G. Newlands (C) New Hampshire 1 . Cyrus A. Sulloway (derecha) 2 . Frank G. Clarke (derecha) Nueva Jersey 1 . Henry C. Loudenslager (derecha) 2 . John J. Gardner (derecha) 3 . Benjamin F. Howell (derecha) 4 . Mahlon Pitney (R), hasta el 10 de enero de 1899 5 . James F. Stewart (derecha) 6 . Richard Wayne Parker (derecha) 7 . Thomas McEwan, Jr. (derecha) 8 . Charles N. Fowler (derecha) Nueva York 1 . Joseph M. Belford (derecha) 2 . Denis M. Hurley (R), hasta el 26 de febrero de 1899 3 . Francis H. Wilson (R), hasta el 30 de septiembre de 1897 Edmund H. Driggs (D), del 6 de diciembre de 1897 4 . Israel F. Fischer (derecha) 5 . Charles G. Bennett (derecha) 6 . James R. Howe (derecha) 7 . John HG Vehslage (D) 8 . John M. Mitchell (derecha) 9 . Thomas J. Bradley (D) 10 . Amos J. Cummings (D) 11 . William Sulzer (D) 12 . George B. McClellan Jr. (D) 13 . Richard C. Shannon (derecha) 14 . Lemuel E. Quigg (derecha) 15 . Philip B. Low (derecha) 16 . William L. Ward (derecha) 17 . Benjamin Odell (derecha) 18 . John H. Ketcham (derecha) 19 . Aaron VS Cochrane (derecha) 20 . George N. Southwick (derecha) 21 . David F. Wilber (derecha) 22 . Lucius N. Littauer (derecha) 23 . Wallace T. Foote Jr. (derecha) 24 . Charles A. Chickering (derecha) 25 . James S. Sherman (derecha) 26 . George W. Ray (derecha) 27 . James J. Belden (derecha) 28 . Sereno E. Payne (derecha) 29 . Charles W. Gillet (derecha) 30 . James Wolcott Wadsworth (derecha) 31 . Henry C. Brewster (derecha) 32 . Rowland B. Mahany (derecha) 33 . De Alva S. Alexander (derecha) 34 . Warren B. Hooker (R), hasta el 10 de noviembre de 1898 Carolina del Norte 1 . Harry Skinner (P) 2 . George H. White (derecha) 3 . John E. Fowler (P) 4 . William F. Strowd (P) 5 . William W. Kitchin (D) 6 . Charles H. Martin (P) 7 . Alonzo C. Shuford (P) 8 . Romulus Z. Linney (derecha) 9 . Richmond Pearson (derecha) Dakota del Norte En general . Martin N. Johnson (derecha) Ohio 1 . William B. Shattuc (derecha) 2 . Jacob H. Bromwell (derecha) 3 . John L. Brenner (D) 4 . George A. Marshall (D) 5 . David Meekison (D) 6 . Seth W. Brown (derecha) 7 . Walter L. Weaver (derecha) 8 . Archibald Lybrand (R) 9 . James H. Southard (derecha) 10 . Lucien J. Fenton (derecha) 11 . Charles H. Grosvenor (derecha) 12 . John J. Lentz (D) 13 . James A. Norton (D) 14 . Winfield S. Kerr (derecha) 15 . Henry C. Van Voorhis (derecha) 16 . Lorenzo Danford (derecha) 17 . John A. McDowell (D) 18 . Robert W. Tayler (derecha) 19 . Stephen A. Northway (R), hasta el 8 de septiembre de 1898 Charles WF Dick (R), del 8 de noviembre de 1898 20 . Playa de Clifton B. (derecha) 21 . Theodore E. Burton (derecha) Oregón 1 . Thomas H. Tongue (derecha) 2 . William R. Ellis (derecha) Pensilvania En general . Samuel A. Davenport (derecha) En general . Galusha A. Grow (derecha) 1 . Henry H. Bingham (derecha) 2 . Robert Adams, Jr. (derecha) 3 . William McAleer (D) 4 . James R. Young (derecha) 5 . Alfred C. Harmer (derecha) 6 . Thomas S. Butler (IR) 7 . Irving P. Wanger (derecha) 8 . William S. Kirkpatrick (derecha) 9 . Daniel Ermentrout (D) 10 . Marriott Brosius (derecha) 11 . William Connell (derecha) 12. Morgan B. Williams (R) 13. Charles N. Brumm (R) 14. Marlin E. Olmsted (R) 15. James H. Codding (R) 16. Horace B. Packer (R) 17. Monroe H. Kulp (R) 18. Thaddeus M. Mahon (R) 19. George J. Benner (D) 20. Josiah D. Hicks (R) 21. Edward E. Robbins (R) 22. John Dalzell (R) 23. William A. Stone (R), until November 9, 1898 William H. Graham (R), from November 29, 1898 24. Ernest F. Acheson (R) 25. Joseph B. Showalter (R), from April 20, 1897 26. John C. Sturtevant (R) 27. Charles W. Stone (R) 28. William C. Arnold (R) Rhode Island 1. Melville Bull (R) 2. Adin B. Capron (R) South Carolina 1. William Elliott (D) 2. William J. Talbert (D) 3. Asbury C. Latimer (D) 4. Stanyarne Wilson (D) 5. Thomas J. Strait (D) 6. John L. McLaurin (D), until May 31, 1897 James Norton (D), from December 6, 1897 7. J. William Stokes (D) South Dakota Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. At-large. John E. Kelley (P) At-large. Freeman Knowles (P) Tennessee 1. Walter P. Brownlow (R) 2. Henry R. Gibson (R) 3. John A. Moon (D) 4. Benton McMillin (D), until January 6, 1899 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) Texas 1. Thomas H. Ball (D) 2. Samuel B. Cooper (D) 3. Reese C. De Graffenreid (D) 4. John W. Cranford (D), until March 3, 1899 5. Joseph W. Bailey (D) 6. Robert E. Burke (D) 7. Robert L. Henry (D) 8. Samuel W. T. Lanham (D) 9. Joseph D. Sayers (D), until January 16, 1899 10. Robert B. Hawley (R) 11. Rudolph Kleberg (D) 12. James L. Slayden (D) 13. John H. Stephens (D) Utah At-large. William H. King (D) Vermont 1. H. Henry Powers (R) 2. William W. Grout (R) Virginia 1. William A. Jones (D) 2. William A. Young (D), until April 26, 1898 Richard A. Wise (R), from April 26, 1898 3. John Lamb (D) 4. Sydney P. Epes (D), until March 23, 1898 Robert T. Thorp (R), from March 23, 1898 5. Claude A. Swanson (D) 6. Peter J. Otey (D) 7. James Hay (D) 8. John F. Rixey (D) 9. James A. Walker (R) 10. Jacob Yost (R) Washington Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. At-large. William C. Jones (SR) At-large. James Hamilton Lewis (D) West Virginia 1. Blackburn B. Dovener (R) 2. Alston G. Dayton (R) 3. Charles P. Dorr (R) 4. Warren Miller (R) Wisconsin 1. Henry Allen Cooper (R) 2. Edward Sauerhering (R) 3. Joseph W. Babcock (R) 4. Theobald Otjen (R) 5. Samuel S. Barney (R) 6. James H. Davidson (R) 7. Michael Griffin (R) 8. Edward S. Minor (R) 9. Alexander Stewart (R) 10. John J. Jenkins (R) Wyoming At-large. John E. Osborne (D) Non-voting members Arizona Territory. Marcus A. Smith (D) New Mexico Territory. Harvey B. Fergusson (D) Oklahoma Territory. James Y. Callahan (FS)

Speaker of the House Thomas Brackett Reed 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

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 5
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
• Deaths: 5
• Resignations: 0
• Total seats with changes: 8

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for vacancy	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
Ohio (1)	John Sherman (R)	Resigned March 4, 1897 to become U.S. Secretary of State. Elected to fill remainder of term.	Mark Hanna (R)	March 5, 1897
Florida (3)	Vacant	Failure to elect. Successor elected May 14, 1897.[1]	Stephen R. Mallory (D)	May 15, 1897
Oregon (3)	Vacant	Failure to elect. Successor elected October 8, 1898.	Joseph Simon (R)	October 8, 1898
South Carolina (3)	Joseph H. Earle (D)	Died May 20, 1897. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.	John L. McLaurin (D)	June 1, 1897
Tennessee (2)	Isham G. Harris (D)	Died July 8, 1897. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.	Thomas B. Turley (D)	July 20, 1897
Mississippi (1)	James Z. George (D)	Died August 14, 1897. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.	Hernando Money (D)	October 8, 1897
Mississippi (2)	Edward C. Walthall (D)	Died April 21, 1898. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.	William V. Sullivan (D)	May 31, 1898
Vermont (3)	Justin S. Morrill (R)	Died December 28, 1898. Successor was appointed.	Jonathan Ross (R)	January 11, 1899

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 14
  • Democratic: 1 seat net loss
  • Republican: 1 seat net gain
• Deaths: 10
• Resignations: 9
• Contested election: 3
• Total seats with changes: 23

District	Previous	Reason for change	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
Pennsylvania 25th	Vacant	Rep.-elect James J. Davidson died before being seated. Showalter was elected to finish term.	Joseph B. Showalter (R)	April 20, 1897
Missouri 1st	Vacant	Rep.-elect Richard P. Giles died before being seated. Lloyd was elected to finish term.	James T. Lloyd (D)	June 1, 1897
Maine 3rd	Seth L. Milliken (R)	Died April 18, 1897	Edwin C. Burleigh (R)	June 21, 1897
Indiana 4th	William S. Holman (D)	Died April 22, 1897.	Francis M. Griffith (D)	December 6, 1897
South Carolina 6th	John L. McLaurin (D)	Resigned May 31, 1897 after being appointed to the U.S. Senate	James Norton (D)	December 6, 1897
Illinois 6th	Edward D. Cooke (R)	Died June 24, 1897	Henry S. Boutell (R)	November 23, 1897
Massachusetts 1st	Ashley B. Wright (R)	Died August 14, 1897	George P. Lawrence (R)	November 2, 1897
New York 3rd	Francis H. Wilson (R)	Resigned September 30, 1897 to become Postmaster of Brooklyn, New York	Edmund H. Driggs (D)	December 6, 1897
Alabama 4th	Thomas S. Plowman (D)	Lost contested election February 9, 1898	William F. Aldrich (R)	February 9, 1898
Virginia 4th	Sidney P. Epes (D)	Lost contested election March 23, 1898	Robert T. Thorp (R)	March 23, 1898
Massachusetts 13th	John Simpkins (R)	Died March 27, 1898	William S. Greene (R)	May 31, 1898
Virginia 2nd	William A. Young (D)	Lost contested election April 26, 1898	Richard A. Wise (R)	April 26, 1898
Mississippi 2nd	William V. Sullivan (D)	Resigned May 31, 1898 after being appointed to the U.S. Senate	Thomas Spight (D)	July 5, 1898
Ohio 19th	Stephen A. Northway (R)	Died September 8, 1898	Charles W. F. Dick (R)	November 8, 1898
Mississippi 6th	William F. Love (D)	Died October 16, 1898	Frank A. McLain (D)	December 12, 1898
Pennsylvania 23rd	William A. Stone (R)	Resigned November 9, 1898 to run for Governor of Pennsylvania	William H. Graham (R)	November 29, 1898
New York 34th	Warren B. Hooker (R)	Resigned November 10, 1898 after being appointed judge for the New York Supreme Court	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Tennessee 4th	Benton McMillin (D)	Resigned January 6, 1899 after being elected Governor of Tennessee	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New Jersey 4th	Mahlon Pitney (R)	Resigned January 10, 1899 after being elected to the New Jersey Senate	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Maine 2nd	Nelson Dingley Jr. (R)	Died January 13, 1899	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Texas 9th	Joseph D. Sayers (D)	Resigned January 16, 1899 after being elected Governor of Texas	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
New York 2nd	Mahlon Pitney (R)	Died February 26, 1899	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Texas 4th	John W. Cranford (D)	Died March 3, 1899	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (6 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

• Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: George Gray; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom)
• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Redfield Proctor; Ranking Member: James Z. George)
• Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: James K. Jones)
• Canadian Relations (Chairman: John C. Spooner; Ranking Member: Edward Murphy, Jr.)
• Census (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member: David Turpie)
• Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Jeter C. Pritchard; Ranking Member: Edward C. Walthall)
• Claims (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: Samuel Pasco)
• Coast Defenses (Chairman: George W. McBride; Ranking Member: Roger Q. Mills)
• Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
• Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: John W. Daniel)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: James McMillan; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris then Charles J. Faulkner)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: James H. Kyle; Ranking Member: James Z. George)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: Lucien Baker)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member: Donelson Caffery)
• Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: George L. Wellington)
• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Joseph B. Foraker)
• Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
• Fisheries (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: John L. Mitchell)
• Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Samuel Pasco; Ranking Member: Orville H. Platt)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: William V. Allen; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Geological Survey (Select) (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Edward C. Walthall)
• Immigration (Chairman: Charles W. Fairbanks; Ranking Member: Charles J. Faulkner)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Richard F. Pettigrew; Ranking Member: James K. Jones)
• Indian Depredations (Chairman: John L. Wilson; Ranking Member: William Lindsay)
• International Expositions (Select) (Chairman: John M. Thurston; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
• Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman)
• Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Stephen M. White)
• Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: James Z. George)
• Library (Chairman: George P. Wetmore; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
• Manufactures (Chairman: William E. Mason; Ranking Member: James Smith, Jr.)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: Roger Q. Mills)
• Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select)
• National Banks (Select) (Chairman: Lee Mantle; Ranking Member: John L. Mitchell)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: James Smith, Jr.)
• Nicaragua Canal (Select) (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: Joseph R. Hawley)
• Omaha Exposition (Select)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: John H. Gear; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Patents (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Roger Q. Mills)
• Pensions (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: John L. Mitchell)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Marion Butler)
• Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman: David Turpie; Ranking Member: William P. Frye)
• Printing (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: James K. Jones; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale)
• Privileges and Elections (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: Charles J. Faulkner)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
• Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Henry C. Hansbrough; Ranking Member: James H. Berry)
• Railroads (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: William J. Deboe)
• Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Edward C. Walthall; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)
• Rules (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Territories (Chairman: George L. Shoup; Ranking Member: Thomas C. Platt)
• Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: William B. Bate; Ranking Member: Edward O. Wolcott)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: George L. Shoup; Ranking Member: James Z. George)
• Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Chairman: Lucien Baker; Ranking Member: William N. Roach)
• Washington City Centennial (Select)
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: James H. Berry; Ranking Member: Matthew S. Quay)

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: Benjamin B. Odell, Jr.; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett)
• Agriculture (Chairman: James W. Wadsworth; Ranking Member: John S. Williams)
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Henry C. Brewster; Ranking Member: John E. Osborne)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon; Ranking Member: Joseph D. Sayers)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Joseph H. Walker; Ranking Member: Nicholas N. Cox)
• Claims (Chairman: Charles N. Brumm; Ranking Member: John E. Osborne)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Charles W. Stone; Ranking Member: Richard P. Bland)
• Disposition of Executive Papers
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson)
• Education (Chairman: Galusha A. Grow; Ranking Member: John E. Fowler)
• Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: John B. Corliss; Ranking Member: Milford W. Howard)
• Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Robert W. Tayler; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett)
• Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Henry U. Johnson; Ranking Member: James G. Maguire)
• Elections No.#3 (Chairman: James A. Walker; Ranking Member: Robert W. Miers)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Alva L. Hager; Ranking Member: Asbury C. Latimer)
• Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles W. Gillet; Ranking Member: William F. Strowd)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: Jehu Baker)
• Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member: Thomas C. Catchings)
• 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: Milford W. Howard)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Lemuel E. Quigg; 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: Joseph Wheeler)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: David G. Colson; Ranking Member: Richard P. Bland)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert R. Hitt; Ranking Member: Hugh A. Dinsmore)
• Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Lorenzo Danford; Ranking Member: John M. Allen)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: John S. Little)
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn; Ranking Member: William McAleer)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: George W. Ray; Ranking Member: George B. McClellan)
• Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: William R. Ellis; Ranking Member: John F. Shafroth)
• Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Henderson; 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)
• Manufactures (Chairman: George W. Faris; Ranking Member: Willard D. Vandiver)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; 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: Benjamin F. Marsh; Ranking Member: Rudolph Kleberg)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor; Ranking Member: Charles S. Hartman)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Charles A. Boutelle; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: H. Henry Powers; Ranking Member: James G. Maguire)
• Patents (Chairman: Josiah D. Hicks; 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)
• 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: Peter J. Otey)
• Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Marriott Brosius; Ranking Member: Alexander M. Dockery)
• Revision of Laws (Chairman: Vespasian Warner; Ranking Member: John W. Maddox)
• Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Warren B. Hooker; Ranking Member: Thomas C. Catchings)
• Rules (Chairman: Thomas B. Reed; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: William S. Knox; Ranking Member: William McAleer)
• Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: Joel P. Heatwole; Ranking Member: Harry Skinner)
• War Claims (Chairman: Thaddeus M. Mahon; Ranking Member: George M. Davison)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: Nelson Dingley; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Alcohol in the Arts (Select)
• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. Alva L. Hager; Vice Chairman: Sen. Asbury C. Latimer)
• Investigate Charities and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia
• The Library (Chairman: Rep. Alfred C. Harmer; Vice Chairman: Rep. Amos J. Cummings)
• Printing (Chairman: Rep. George D. Perkins; Vice Chairman: Rep. James D. Richardson)

Caucuses

• Democratic (House)
• Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
• Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford, until 1897
  • John Russell Young, from 1897
• Public Printer of the United States: Thomas E. Benedict, until 1897
  • Francis W. Palmer, from 1897

Senate

• Secretary: William Ruffin Cox
• Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright
• Librarian: Alonzo M. Church
• Chaplain: William H. Millburn Methodist

House of Representatives

• Clerk: Alexander McDowell
• Sergeant at Arms: Benjamin F. Russell
• Doorkeeper: William J. Glenn
• Postmaster: Joseph C. McElroy
• Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds
• Reading Clerks: E.L. Sampson (D) and Dennis E. Alward (R)
• Chaplain: Henry N. Couden Universalist

See also

• United States elections, 1896 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • 1896 United States presidential election
  • United States Senate elections, 1896 and 1897
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1896
• United States elections, 1898 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1898 and 1899
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1898

References

1. "MALLORY ELECTED SENATOR". The New York Times. May 15, 1897. p. 12.

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

External links

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
• Official Congressional Directory for the 55th Congress, Extraordinary Session.
• Congress, United States (1897). Official Congressional Directory for the 55th Congress, Extraordinary Session (Revision).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 55th Congress, 2nd Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 55th Congress, 2nd Session (1st Revision).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 55th Congress, 2nd Session (2nd Revision).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 55th Congress, 3rd Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 55th Congress, 3rd Session (Revision).