50th United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1887 in the United States, 1888 in the United States, 1889 in the United States

• March 11, 1888: The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the East Coast of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
• November 6, 1888: 1888 United States presidential election: Democratic Party incumbent Grover Cleveland wins the popular vote, but loses the Electoral College vote to Republican challenger Benjamin Harrison, therefore losing the election.
• February 15, 1889: The Secretary of Agriculture is raised to a Cabinet-level position.

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation

• October 8, 1888: Chinese Exclusion Act (Scott Act)
• January 14, 1889: Nelson Act of 1889
• February 22, 1889: Enabling Act of 1889, Sess. 2, ch. 180,

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: Vacant
• President pro tempore: John J. Ingalls (R)
• Republican Conference Chairman: George F. Edmunds
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: James B. Beck

House of Representatives

• Speaker: John G. Carlisle (D)
• Minority Leader: Thomas B. Reed
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Samuel S. Cox
• Republican Conference Chairman: Joseph Gurney Cannon
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: John E. Kenna

Members

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Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 50th Congress

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 in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1892; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1890.

[[List of United States senators from Alabama|Alabama]]

: 2. John T. Morgan (D) : 3. James L. Pugh (D)

[[List of United States senators from Arkansas|Arkansas]]

: 2. James H. Berry (D) : 3. James K. Jones (D)

[[List of United States senators from California|California]]

: 1. George Hearst (D) : 3. Leland Stanford (R)

[[List of United States senators from Colorado|Colorado]]

: 2. Thomas M. Bowen (R) : 3. Henry M. Teller (R)

[[List of United States senators from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: 1. Joseph R. Hawley (R) : 3. Orville H. Platt (R)

[[List of United States senators from Delaware|Delaware]]

: 1. George Gray (D) : 2. Eli Saulsbury (D)

[[List of United States senators from Florida|Florida]]

: 1. Samuel Pasco (D), from May 19, 1887 : 3. Wilkinson Call (D)

[[List of United States senators from Georgia|Georgia]]

: 2. Alfred H. Colquitt (D) : 3. Joseph E. Brown (D)

[[List of United States senators from Illinois|Illinois]]

: 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) : 3. Charles B. Farwell (R)

[[List of United States senators from Indiana|Indiana]]

: 1. David Turpie (D) : 3. Daniel W. Voorhees (D)

[[List of United States senators from Iowa|Iowa]]

: 2. James F. Wilson (R) : 3. William B. Allison (R)

[[List of United States senators from Kansas|Kansas]]

: 2. Preston B. Plumb (R) : 3. John J. Ingalls (R)

[[List of United States senators from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: 2. James B. Beck (D) : 3. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)

[[List of United States senators from Louisiana|Louisiana]]

: 2. Randall L. Gibson (D) : 3. James B. Eustis (D)

[[List of United States senators from Maine|Maine]]

: 1. Eugene Hale (R) : 2. William P. Frye (R)

[[List of United States senators from Maryland|Maryland]]

: 1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D) : 3. Ephraim K. Wilson II (D)

[[List of United States senators from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: 1. Henry L. Dawes (R) : 2. George F. Hoar (R)

[[List of United States senators from Michigan|Michigan]]

: 1. Francis B. Stockbridge (R) : 2. Thomas W. Palmer (R)

[[List of United States senators from Minnesota|Minnesota]]

: 1. Cushman K. Davis (R) : 2. Dwight M. Sabin (R)

[[List of United States senators from Mississippi|Mississippi]]

: 1. James Z. George (D) : 2. Edward C. Walthall (D)

[[List of United States senators from Missouri|Missouri]]

: 1. Francis Cockrell (D) : 3. George G. Vest (D)

[[List of United States senators from Nebraska|Nebraska]]

: 1. Algernon S. Paddock (R) : 2. Charles F. Manderson (R)

[[List of United States senators from Nevada|Nevada]]

: 1. William M. Stewart (R) : 3. John P. Jones (R)

[[List of United States senators from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

: 2. Person C. Cheney (R), until June 14, 1887 :: William E. Chandler (R), from June 14, 1887 : 3. Henry W. Blair (R)

[[List of United States senators from New Jersey|New Jersey]]

: 1. Rufus Blodgett (D) : 2. John R. McPherson (D)

[[List of United States senators from New York|New York]]

: 1. Frank Hiscock (R) : 3. William M. Evarts (R)

[[List of United States senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

: 2. Matt W. Ransom (D) : 3. Zebulon B. Vance (D)

[[List of United States senators from Ohio|Ohio]]

: 1. John Sherman (R) : 3. Henry B. Payne (D)

[[List of United States senators from Oregon|Oregon]]

: 2. Joseph N. Dolph (R) : 3. John H. Mitchell (R)

[[List of United States senators from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

: 1. Matthew S. Quay (R) : 3. J. Donald Cameron (R)

[[List of United States senators from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

: 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R) : 2. Jonathan Chace (R)

[[List of United States senators from South Carolina|South Carolina]]

: 2. Matthew C. Butler (D) : 3. Wade Hampton III (D)

[[List of United States senators from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

: 1. William B. Bate (D) : 2. Isham G. Harris (D)

[[List of United States senators from Texas|Texas]]

: 1. John H. Reagan (D) : 2. Richard Coke (D)

[[List of United States senators from Vermont|Vermont]]

: 1. George F. Edmunds (R) : 3. Justin S. Morrill (R)

[[List of United States senators from Virginia|Virginia]]

: 1. John W. Daniel (D) : 2. Harrison H. Riddleberger (RA)

[[List of United States senators from West Virginia|West Virginia]]

: 1. Charles J. Faulkner Jr. (D), from May 5, 1887 : 2. John E. Kenna (D)

[[List of United States senators from Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]

: 1. Philetus Sawyer (R) : 3. John C. Spooner (R)

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House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 50th Congress

The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

[[List of United States representatives from Alabama|Alabama]]

: . James T. Jones (D) : . Hilary A. Herbert (D) : . William C. Oates (D) : . Alexander C. Davidson (D) : . James E. Cobb (D) : . John H. Bankhead (D) : . William H. Forney (D) : . Joseph Wheeler (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Arkansas|Arkansas]]

: . Poindexter Dunn (D) : . Clifton R. Breckinridge (D) : . Thomas C. McRae (D) : . John H. Rogers (D) : . Samuel W. Peel (D)

[[List of United States representatives from California|California]]

: . Thomas L. Thompson (D) : . Marion Biggs (D) : . Joseph McKenna (R) : . William W. Morrow (R) : . Charles N. Felton (R) : . William Vandever (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Colorado|Colorado]]

: . George G. Symes (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: . Robert J. Vance (D) : . Carlos French (D) : . Charles A. Russell (R) : . Miles T. Granger (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Delaware|Delaware]]

: . John B. Penington (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Florida|Florida]]

: . Robert H. M. Davidson (D) : . Charles Dougherty (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Georgia|Georgia]]

: . Thomas M. Norwood (D) : . Henry G. Turner (D) : . Charles F. Crisp (D) : . Thomas W. Grimes (D) : . John D. Stewart (D) : . James H. Blount (D) : . Judson C. Clements (D) : . Henry H. Carlton (D) : . Allen D. Candler (D) : . George T. Barnes (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Illinois|Illinois]]

: . Ransom W. Dunham (R) : . Frank Lawler (D) : . William E. Mason (R) : . George E. Adams (R) : . Albert J. Hopkins (R) : . Robert R. Hitt (R) : . Thomas J. Henderson (R) : . Ralph Plumb (R) : . Lewis E. Payson (R) : . Philip S. Post (R) : . William H. Gest (R) : . George A. Anderson (D) : . William M. Springer (D) : . Jonathan H. Rowell (R) : . Joseph G. Cannon (R) : . Silas Z. Landes (D) : . Edward Lane (D) : . Jehu Baker (R) : . Richard W. Townshend (D) : . John R. Thomas (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Indiana|Indiana]]

: . Alvin P. Hovey (R), until January 17, 1889 :: Francis B. Posey (R), from January 29, 1889 : . John H. O'Neall (D) : . Jonas G. Howard (D) : . William S. Holman (D) : . Courtland C. Matson (D) : . Thomas M. Browne (R) : . William D. Bynum (D) : . James T. Johnston (R) : . Joseph B. Cheadle (R) : . William D. Owen (R) : . George W. Steele (R) : . James B. White (R) : . Benjamin F. Shively (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Iowa|Iowa]]

: . John H. Gear (R) : . Walter I. Hayes (D) : . David B. Henderson (R) : . William E. Fuller (R) : . Daniel Kerr (R) : . James B. Weaver (GB) : . Edwin H. Conger (R) : . Albert R. Anderson (IR) : . Joseph Lyman (R) : . Adoniram J. Holmes (R) : . Isaac S. Struble (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Kansas|Kansas]]

: . Edmund N. Morrill (R) : . Edward H. Funston (R) : . Bishop W. Perkins (R) : . Thomas Ryan (R) : . John A. Anderson (IR) : . Erastus J. Turner (R) : . Samuel R. Peters (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: . William J. Stone (D) : . Polk Laffoon (D) : . W. Godfrey Hunter (R) : . Alexander B. Montgomery (D) : . Asher G. Caruth (D) : . John G. Carlisle (D) : . William C. P. Breckinridge (D) : . James B. McCreary (D) : . George M. Thomas (R) : . William P. Taulbee (D) : . Hugh F. Finley (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Louisiana|Louisiana]]

: . Theodore S. Wilkinson (D) : . Matthew D. Lagan (D) : . Edward J. Gay (D) : . Newton C. Blanchard (D) : . Cherubusco Newton (D) : . Edward W. Robertson (D), until August 2, 1887 :: Samuel M. Robertson (D), from December 5, 1887

[[List of United States representatives from Maine|Maine]]

: . Thomas B. Reed (R) : . Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) : . Seth L. Milliken (R) : . Charles A. Boutelle (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Maryland|Maryland]]

: . Charles H. Gibson (D) : . Frank T. Shaw (D) : . Henry W. Rusk (D) : . Isidor Rayner (D) : . Barnes Compton (D) : . Louis E. McComas (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: . Robert T. Davis (R) : . John D. Long (R) : . Leopold Morse (D) : . Patrick A. Collins (D) : . Edward D. Hayden (R) : . Henry Cabot Lodge (R) : . William Cogswell (R) : . Charles H. Allen (R) : . Edward Burnett (D) : . John E. Russell (D) : . William Whiting (R) : . Francis W. Rockwell (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Michigan|Michigan]]

: . J. Logan Chipman (D) : . Edward P. Allen (R) : . James O'Donnell (R) : . Julius C. Burrows (R) : . Melbourne H. Ford (D) : . Mark S. Brewer (R) : . Justin R. Whiting (D) : . Timothy E. Tarsney (D) : . Byron M. Cutcheon (R) : . Spencer O. Fisher (D) : . Seth C. Moffatt (R), until December 22, 1887 :: Henry W. Seymour (R), from February 14, 1888

[[List of United States representatives from Minnesota|Minnesota]]

: . Thomas Wilson (D) : . John Lind (R) : . John L. MacDonald (D) : . Edmund Rice (D) : . Knute Nelson (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Mississippi|Mississippi]]

: . John M. Allen (D) : . James B. Morgan (D) : . Thomas C. Catchings (D) : . Frederick G. Barry (D) : . Chapman L. Anderson (D) : . Thomas R. Stockdale (D) : . Charles E. Hooker (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Missouri|Missouri]]

: . William H. Hatch (D) : . Charles H. Mansur (D) : . Alexander M. Dockery (D) : . James N. Burnes (D), until January 23, 1889 :: Charles F. Booher (D), from February 19, 1889 : . William Warner (R) : . John T. Heard (D) : . John E. Hutton (D) : . John J. O'Neill (D) : . John M. Glover (D) : . Martin L. Clardy (D) : . Richard P. Bland (D) : . William J. Stone (D) : . William H. Wade (R) : . James P. Walker (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Nebraska|Nebraska]]

: . John A. McShane (D) : . James Laird (R) : . George W. E. Dorsey (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Nevada|Nevada]]

: . William Woodburn (R)

[[List of United States representatives from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

: . Luther F. McKinney (D) : . Jacob H. Gallinger (R)

[[List of United States representatives from New Jersey|New Jersey]]

: . George Hires (R) : . James Buchanan (R) : . John Kean Jr. (R) : . James N. Pidcock (D) : . William W. Phelps (R) : . Herman Lehlbach (R) : . William McAdoo (D)

[[List of United States representatives from New York|New York]]

: . Perry Belmont (D), until December 1, 1888 : . Felix Campbell (D) : . Stephen V. White (R) : . Peter P. Mahoney (D) : . Archibald M. Bliss (D) : . Amos J. Cummings (D) : . Lloyd S. Bryce (D) : . Timothy J. Campbell (D) : . Samuel S. Cox (D) : . Francis B. Spinola (D) : . Truman A. Merriman (D) : . W. Bourke Cockran (D) : . Ashbel P. Fitch (D) : . William G. Stahlnecker (D) : . Henry Bacon (D) : . John H. Ketcham (R) : . Stephen T. Hopkins (R) : . Edward W. Greenman (D) : . Nicholas T. Kane (D), until September 14, 1887 :: Charles Tracey (D), from November 8, 1887 : . George West (R) : . John H. Moffitt (R) : . Abraham X. Parker (R) : . James S. Sherman (R) : . David Wilber (R) : . James J. Belden (R), from November 8, 1887 : . Milton De Lano (R) : . Newton W. Nutting (R) : . Thomas S. Flood (R) : . Ira Davenport (R) : . Charles S. Baker (R) : . John G. Sawyer (R) : . John M. Farquhar (R) : . John B. Weber (R) : . William G. Laidlaw (R)

[[List of United States representatives from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

: . Louis C. Latham (D) : . Furnifold M. Simmons (D) : . Charles W. McClammy (D) : . John Nichols (I) : . John M. Brower (R) : . Alfred Rowland (D) : . John S. Henderson (D) : . William H. H. Cowles (D) : . Thomas D. Johnston (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Ohio|Ohio]]

: . Benjamin Butterworth (R) : . Charles E. Brown (R) : . Elihu S. Williams (R) : . Samuel S. Yoder (D) : . George E. Seney (D) : . Melvin M. Boothman (R) : . James E. Campbell (D) : . Robert P. Kennedy (R) : . William C. Cooper (R) : . Jacob Romeis (R) : . Albert C. Thompson (R) : . Jacob J. Pugsley (R) : . Joseph H. Outhwaite (D) : . Charles P. Wickham (R) : . Charles H. Grosvenor (R) : . Beriah Wilkins (D) : . Joseph D. Taylor (R) : . William McKinley (R) : . Ezra B. Taylor (R) : . George W. Crouse (R) : . Martin A. Foran (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Oregon|Oregon]]

: . Binger Hermann (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

: . Henry H. Bingham (R) : . Charles O'Neill (R) : . Samuel J. Randall (D) : . William D. Kelley (R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : . Smedley Darlington (R) : . Robert M. Yardley (R) : . Daniel Ermentrout (D) : . John A. Hiestand (R) : . William H. Sowden (D) : . Charles R. Buckalew (D) : . John Lynch (D) : . Charles N. Brumm (R) : . Franklin Bound (R) : . Frank C. Bunnell (R) : . Henry C. McCormick (R) : . Edward Scull (R) : . Louis E. Atkinson (R) : . Levi Maish (D) : . John Patton (R) : . Welty McCullogh (R) : . John Dalzell (R) : . Thomas M. Bayne (R) : . Oscar L. Jackson (R) : . James T. Maffett (R) : . Norman Hall (D) : . William L. Scott (D) : . Edwin S. Osborne (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

: . Henry J. Spooner (R) : . Warren O. Arnold (R)

[[List of United States representatives from South Carolina|South Carolina]]

: . Samuel Dibble (D) : . George D. Tillman (D) : . James S. Cothran (D) : . William H. Perry (D) : . John J. Hemphill (D) : . George W. Dargan (D) : . William Elliott (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

: . Roderick R. Butler (R) : . Leonidas C. Houk (R) : . John R. Neal (D) : . Benton McMillin (D) : . James D. Richardson (D) : . Joseph E. Washington (D) : . Washington C. Whitthorne (D) : . Benjamin A. Enloe (D) : . Presley T. Glass (D) : . James Phelan Jr. (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Texas|Texas]]

: . Charles Stewart (D) : . John H. Reagan (D), until March 4, 1887 :: William H. Martin (D), from November 4, 1887 : . Constantine B. Kilgore (D) : . David B. Culberson (D) : . Silas Hare (D) : . Joseph Abbott (D) : . William H. Crain (D) : . Littleton W. Moore (D) : . Roger Q. Mills (D) : . Joseph D. Sayers (D) : . Samuel W. T. Lanham (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Vermont|Vermont]]

: . John W. Stewart (R) : . William W. Grout (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Virginia|Virginia]]

: . Thomas H. B. Browne (R) : . George E. Bowden (R) : . George D. Wise (D) : . William E. Gaines (R) : . John R. Brown (R) : . Samuel I. Hopkins (L) : . Charles T. O'Ferrall (D) : . William H. F. Lee (D) : . Henry Bowen (R) : . Jacob Yost (R)

[[List of United States representatives from West Virginia|West Virginia]]

: . Nathan Goff (R) : . William L. Wilson (D) : . Charles P. Snyder (D) : . Charles E. Hogg (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]

: . Lucien B. Caswell (R) : . Richard W. Guenther (R) : . Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R) : . Henry Smith (L) : . Thomas R. Hudd (D) : . Charles B. Clark (R) : . Ormsby B. Thomas (R) : . Nils P. Haugen (R) : . Isaac Stephenson (R)

Non-voting members

: . Marcus A. Smith (D) : . Oscar S. Gifford (R) : . Fred T. Dubois (R) : . Joseph K. Toole (D) : . Antonio Joseph (D) : . John T. Caine (D) : . Charles S. Voorhees (D) : . Joseph M. Carey (R)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 1
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
  • Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
• Deaths: 0
• Resignations: 1
• Interim appointments: 1
• Total seats with changes: 2

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 8
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
• Deaths: 4
• Resignations: 5
• Contested election: 0
• Total seats with changes: 8

Committees

Senate

• Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: Justin S. Morrill)
• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Thomas W. Palmer; Ranking Member: James Z. George)
• Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: James B. Beck)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance)
• Canadian Relations (Select) (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Census (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: James H. Berry)
• Centennial of the Constitution and the Discovery of America (Select) (Chairman: Frank Hiscock; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees)
• Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Jonathan Chace; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees)
• Civil Service Operations (Special) (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn)
• Claims (Chairman: John C. Spooner; Ranking Member: James K. Jones)
• Coast Defenses (Chairman: Joseph N. Dolph; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson)
• Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Matt W. Ransom)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Ingalls; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: Henry W. Blair; Ranking Member: William B. Allison)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Eli Saulsbury; Ranking Member: William B. Allison)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Thomas M. Bowen; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt)
• Epidemic Diseases (Select) (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale)
• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton)
• Executive Departments Methods (Select) (Chairman: Matthew C. Butler; Ranking Member: Orville H. Platt)
• Expenditures of Public Money (Chairman: Charles B. Farwell; Ranking Member: William P. Frye)
• Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees)
• Fisheries (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: Algernon S. Paddock; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Fishing Bounties and Allowances (Select)
• Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Matthew C. Butler; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron)
• Government Printing Office (Select)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
• Indian Traders (Select) (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: Joseph C. S. Blackburn)
• Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
• Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Select)
• Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: James L. Pugh)
• Library (Chairman: William M. Evarts; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Harrison H. Riddleberger; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)
• Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Algernon S. Paddock; Ranking Member: James B. Eustis)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson)
• Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: George F. Hoard)
• Pacific Railway Commission (Special) (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Patents (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: James K. Jones)
• Pensions (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis; Ranking Member: Ephraim K. Wilson)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Philetus Sawyer; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury)
• Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman: John R. McPherson; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Printing (Chairman: Charles F. Manderson; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Matt W. Ransom; Ranking Member: George F. Edmonds)
• Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Leland Stanford; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Preston B. Plumb; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Railroads (Chairman: Dwight M. Sabin; Ranking Member: Francis B. Stockbridge)
• Revision of the Laws (Chairman: James F. Wilson; Ranking Member: Ephraim K. Wilson)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Richard Coke; Ranking Member: Jonathan Chace)
• Rules (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Territories (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Matthew C. Butler)
• Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: John H. Mitchell; Ranking Member: Randall L. Gibson)
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Palmer)

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: Frank T. Shaw; Ranking Member: James O'Donnell)
• Agriculture (Chairman: William H. Hatch; Ranking Member: Justin R. Whiting)
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman: James E. Campbell; Ranking Member: N/A)
• American Ship building (Select)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Samuel J. Randall; Ranking Member: Joseph G. Cannon)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Beriah Wilkins; Ranking Member: Luther F. McKinney)
• Claims (Chairman: S. W. T. Lanham; Ranking Member: John Lynch)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Richard P. Bland; Ranking Member: Norman Hall)
• Commerce (Chairman: Martin L. Clardy; Ranking Member: James Phelan Jr.)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Hemphill; Ranking Member: Robert J. Vance)
• Education (Chairman: Allen D. Candler; Ranking Member: John B. Penington)
• Elections (Chairman: Charles F. Crisp; Ranking Member: Littleton W. Moore)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Spencer O. Fisher; Ranking Member: Constantine B. Kilgore)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Thomas R. Hudd; Ranking Member: Charles N. Brumm)
• Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: William H. H. Cowles; Ranking Member: Albert C. Thompson)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: William L. Scott; Ranking Member: Jacob Romeis)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Alexander M. Dockery; Ranking Member: Charles E. Brown)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Leopold Morse; Ranking Member: Louis E. Atkinson)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Joseph Wheeler; Ranking Member: John M. Farquhar)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Polk Laffoon; Ranking Member: William Warner)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Timothy J. Campbell; Ranking Member: Seth L. Milliken)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: James B. McCreary; Ranking Member: James S. Cothran)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Samuel W. Peel; Ranking Member: Silas Hare)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Courtland C. Matson; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Thompson)
• Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Culberson; Ranking Member: John D. Stewart)
• Labor (Chairman: John J. O'Neill; Ranking Member: Edward Burnett)
• Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: Thomas C. Catchings; Ranking Member: Samuel M. Robertson)
• Library (Chairman: William G. Stahlnecker; Ranking Member: Charles O'Neill)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Henry Bacon; Ranking Member: Frank C. Bunnell)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Poindexter Dunn; Ranking Member: John L. MacDonald)
• Mileage (Chairman: John H. Rogers; Ranking Member: James J. Belden)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Richard W. Townshend; Ranking Member: Samuel S. Yoder)
• Militia (Chairman: William McAdoo; Ranking Member: Francis B. Spinola)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: Charles T. O'Ferrall; Ranking Member: Marion Biggs)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Hilary A. Herbert; Ranking Member: Joseph Abbott)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Joseph H. Outhwaite; Ranking Member: Miles T. Granger)
• Patents (Chairman: James B. Weaver; Ranking Member: Robert J. Vance)
• Pensions (Chairman: Archibald M. Bliss; Ranking Member: John E. Russell)
• Printing (Chairman: James D. Richardson; Ranking Member: John A. Hiestand)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: John M. Glover; Ranking Member: Louis C. Latham)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: James H. Blount; Ranking Member: Alfred Rowland)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Samuel Dibble; Ranking Member: Charles E. Hogg)
• Public Lands (Chairman: William S. Holman; Ranking Member: John L. MacDonald)
• Railways and Canals (Chairman: Robert H. M. Davidson; Ranking Member: Henry H. Carlton)
• Revision of Laws (Chairman: William C. Oates; Ranking Member: Charles E. Hogg)
• Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Newton C. Blanchard; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Thompson)
• Rules (Chairman: John G. Carlisle; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Reed)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: William M. Springer; Ranking Member: Melbourne H. Ford)
• War Claims (Chairman: William J. Stone; Ranking Member: Theodore S. Wilkinson)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: Roger Q. Mills; Ranking Member: William D. Kelley)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
• To Investigate Work on the Washington Aqueduct Tunnel
• The Library (Chairman: William G. Stahlnecker; Vice Chairman: Charles O'Neill)
• Printing

Caucuses

• Democratic (House)
• Democratic (Senate)

Administrative officers

[[List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress|Legislative branch agency]] directors

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
• Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
• Public Printer of the United States: Thomas E. Benedict

Senate

• Chaplain: John G. Butler (Lutheran)
• Secretary: Anson G. McCook
• Librarian: Alonzo M. Church
• Sergeant at Arms: William P. Canady

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: William H. Milburn (Methodist)
• Clerk: John B. Clark Jr.
• Doorkeeper: Alvin B. Hurt, elected December 5, 1887
• Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Nathaniel T. Crutchfield
• Postmaster: Lycurgus Dalton
• Reading Clerks: Thomas S. Pettit (D) and Neill S. Brown Jr. (R)
• Sergeant at Arms: John P. Leedom

Notes

References

References

1. "Fiftieth Congress March 4, 1887, to March 3, 1889". [[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]].