52nd United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1891 in the United States, 1892 in the United States, 1893 in the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#52nd United States Congress

• May 5, 1892: Geary Act
• February 13, 1893: Harter Act (Carriage of Goods by Sea), ch. 105,

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: Levi P. Morton (R)
• President pro tempore: Charles F. Manderson (R)
• Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Arthur P. Gorman

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Charles F. Crisp (D)
• Minority Leader: Thomas B. Reed
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: William S. Holman
• Republican Conference Chairman: Thomas J. Henderson
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Roswell P. Flower

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district. :Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 52nd Congress

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Senators are listed by Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1892; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1894; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1896.

[[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. Charles N. Felton (R), from March 19, 1891 : 3. Leland Stanford (R)

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

: 2. Edward O. Wolcott (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. Anthony Higgins (R)

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

: 1. Samuel Pasco (D) : 3. Wilkinson Call (D), from May 26, 1891

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

: 2. Alfred H. Colquitt (D) : 3. John B. Gordon (D)

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

: 2. George L. Shoup (R) : 3. Fred T. Dubois (R)

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

: 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) : 3. John McAuley Palmer (D)

[[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), until December 20, 1891 :: Bishop W. Perkins (R), from January 1, 1892 : 3. William A. Peffer (P)

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

: 2. John G. Carlisle (D), until February 4, 1893 :: William Lindsay (D), from February 15, 1893 : 3. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)

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

: 2. Randall L. Gibson (D), until December 15, 1892 :: Donelson Caffery (D), from December 31, 1892 : 3. Edward D. White Jr. (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. Charles H. Gibson (D), from November 19, 1891

[[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. James McMillan (R)

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

: 1. Cushman K. Davis (R) : 2. William D. Washburn (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 Montana|Montana]]

: 1. Wilbur F. Sanders (R) : 2. Thomas C. Power (R)

[[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. William E. Chandler (R) : 3. Jacob H. Gallinger (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. David B. Hill (D), from January 7, 1892

[[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 North Dakota|North Dakota]]

: 1. Lyman R. Casey (R) : 3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)

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

: 1. John Sherman (R) : 3. Calvin S. Brice (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. Nathan F. Dixon III (R)

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

: 2. Matthew C. Butler (D) : 3. John L. M. Irby (D)

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

: 2. Richard F. Pettigrew (R) : 3. James H. Kyle (I, later P)

[[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), until June 10, 1891 :: Horace Chilton (D), from June 10, 1891, until March 22, 1892 :: Roger Q. Mills (D), from March 23, 1892 : 2. Richard Coke (D)

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

: 1. George F. Edmunds (R), until November 1, 1891 :: Redfield Proctor (R), from November 2, 1891 : 3. Justin S. Morrill (R)

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

: 1. John W. Daniel (D) : 2. John S. Barbour Jr. (D), until May 14, 1892 :: Eppa Hunton, II (D), from May 28, 1892

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

: 1. John B. Allen (R) : 3. Watson C. Squire (R)

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

: 1. Charles J. Faulkner Jr. (D) : 2. John E. Kenna (D), until January 11, 1893 :: Johnson N. Camden (D), from January 25, 1893

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

: 1. Philetus Sawyer (R) : 3. William F. Vilas (D)

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

: 1. Francis E. Warren (R) : 2. Joseph M. Carey (R)

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House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 52nd Congress

Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

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

: . Richard H. Clarke (D) : . Hilary A. Herbert (D) : . William C. Oates (D) : . Louis W. Turpin (D) : . James E. Cobb (D) : . John H. Bankhead (D) : . William H. Forney (D) : . Joseph Wheeler (D)

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

: . William H. Cate (D) : . Clifton R. Breckinridge (D) : . Thomas C. McRae (D) : . William L. Terry (D) : . Samuel W. Peel (D)

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

: . Thomas J. Geary (D) : . Anthony Caminetti (D) : . Joseph McKenna (R), until March 28, 1892 :: Samuel G. Hilborn (R), from December 5, 1892 : . John T. Cutting (R) : . Eugene F. Loud (R) : . William W. Bowers (R)

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

: . Hosea Townsend (R)

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

: . Lewis Sperry (D) : . Washington F. Willcox (D) : . Charles A. Russell (R) : . Robert E. De Forest (D)

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

: . John W. Causey (D)

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

: . Stephen R. Mallory (D) : . Robert Bullock (D)

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

: . Rufus E. Lester (D) : . Henry G. Turner (D) : . Charles F. Crisp (D) : . Charles L. Moses (D) : . Leonidas F. Livingston (D) : . James H. Blount (D) : . Robert W. Everett (D) : . Thomas G. Lawson (D) : . Thomas E. Winn (D) : . Thomas E. Watson (P)

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

: . Willis Sweet (R)

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

: . Abner Taylor (R) : . Lawrence E. McGann (D) : . Allan C. Durborow Jr. (D) : . Walter C. Newberry (D) : . Albert J. Hopkins (R) : . Robert R. Hitt (R) : . Thomas J. Henderson (R) : . Lewis Steward (D) : . Herman W. Snow (D) : . Philip S. Post (R) : . Benjamin T. Cable (D) : . Scott Wike (D) : . William M. Springer (D) : . Owen Scott (D) : . Samuel T. Busey (D) : . George W. Fithian (D) : . Edward Lane (D) : . William S. Forman (D) : . James R. Williams (D) : . George Washington Smith (R)

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

: . William F. Parrett (D) : . John L. Bretz (D) : . Jason B. Brown (D) : . William S. Holman (D) : . George W. Cooper (D) : . Henry U. Johnson (R) : . William D. Bynum (D) : . Elijah V. Brookshire (D) : . Daniel W. Waugh (R) : . David H. Patton (D) : . Augustus N. Martin (D) : . Charles A. O. McClellan (D) : . Benjamin F. Shively (D)

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

: . John J. Seerley (D) : . Walter I. Hayes (D) : . David B. Henderson (R) : . Walter H. Butler (D) : . John T. Hamilton (D) : . Frederick E. White (D) : . John A. T. Hull (R) : . James P. Flick (R) : . Thomas Bowman (D) : . Jonathan P. Dolliver (R) : . George D. Perkins (R)

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

: . Case Broderick (R) : . Edward H. Funston (R) : . Benjamin H. Clover (P) : . John G. Otis (P) : . John Davis (P) : . William Baker (P) : . Jeremiah Simpson (P)

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

: . William J. Stone (D) : . William T. Ellis (D) : . Isaac H. Goodnight (D) : . Alexander B. Montgomery (D) : . Asher G. Caruth (D) : . William W. Dickerson (D) : . William C. P. Breckinridge (D) : . James B. McCreary (D) : . Thomas H. Paynter (D) : . John W. Kendall (D), until March 7, 1892 :: Joseph M. Kendall (D), from April 21, 1892 : . John H. Wilson (R)

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

: . Adolph Meyer (D) : . Matthew D. Lagan (D) : . Andrew Price (D) : . Newton C. Blanchard (D) : . Charles J. Boatner (D) : . Samuel M. Robertson (D)

[[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]]

: . Henry Page (D), until September 3, 1892 :: John B. Brown (D), from November 8, 1892 : . Herman Stump (D) : . Henry W. Rusk (D) : . Isidor Rayner (D) : . Barnes Compton (D) : . William M. McKaig (D)

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

: . Charles S. Randall (R) : . Elijah A. Morse (R) : . John F. Andrew (D) : . Joseph H. O'Neil (D) : . Sherman Hoar (D) : . Henry Cabot Lodge (R), until March 3, 1893 : . William Cogswell (R) : . Moses T. Stevens (D) : . George F. Williams (D) : . Joseph H. Walker (R) : . Frederick S. Coolidge (D) : . John C. Crosby (D)

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

: . J. Logan Chipman (D) : . James S. Gorman (D) : . James O'Donnell (R) : . Julius C. Burrows (R) : . Melbourne H. Ford (D), until April 20, 1891 :: Charles E. Belknap (R), from November 3, 1891 : . Byron G. Stout (D) : . Justin R. Whiting (D) : . Henry M. Youmans (D) : . Harrison H. Wheeler (D) : . Thomas A. E. Weadock (D) : . Samuel M. Stephenson (R)

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

: . William H. Harries (D) : . John Lind (R) : . Osee M. Hall (D) : . James N. Castle (D) : . Kittel Halvorson (P)

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

: . John M. Allen (D) : . John C. Kyle (D) : . Thomas C. Catchings (D) : . Clarke Lewis (D) : . Joseph H. Beeman (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) : . Robert P. C. Wilson (D) : . John C. Tarsney (D) : . John T. Heard (D) : . Richard H. Norton (D) : . John J. O'Neill (D) : . Seth W. Cobb (D) : . Samuel Byrns (D) : . Richard P. Bland (D) : . David A. De Armond (D) : . Robert W. Fyan (D) : . Marshall Arnold (D)

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

: . William W. Dixon (D)

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

: . William J. Bryan (D) : . William A. McKeighan (P) : . Omer M. Kem (P)

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

: . Horace F. Bartine (R)

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

: . Luther F. McKinney (D) : . Warren F. Daniell (D)

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

: . Christopher A. Bergen (R) : . James Buchanan (R) : . Jacob A. Geissenhainer (D) : . Samuel Fowler (D) : . Cornelius A. Cadmus (D) : . Thomas D. English (D) : . Edward F. McDonald (D), until November 5, 1892, vacant thereafter

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

: . James W. Covert (D) : . David A. Boody (D), until October 13, 1891 :: Alfred C. Chapin (D), from November 3, 1891, until November 16, 1892, vacant thereafter : . William J. Coombs (D) : . John M. Clancy (D) : . Thomas F. Magner (D) : . John R. Fellows (D) : . Edward J. Dunphy (D) : . Timothy J. Campbell (D) : . Amos J. Cummings (D) : . Francis B. Spinola (D), until April 14, 1891 :: W. Bourke Cockran (D), from November 3, 1891 : . J. De Witt Warner (D) : . Roswell P. Flower (D), until September 16, 1891 :: Joseph J. Little (D), from November 3, 1891 : . Ashbel P. Fitch (D) : . William G. Stahlnecker (D) : . Henry Bacon (D) : . John H. Ketcham (R) : . Isaac N. Cox (D) : . John A. Quackenbush (R) : . Charles Tracey (D) : . John Sanford (R) : . John M. Wever (R) : . Leslie W. Russell (R), until September 11, 1891 :: Newton M. Curtis (R), from November 3, 1891 : . Henry W. Bentley (D) : . George Van Horn (D) : . James J. Belden (R) : . George W. Ray (R) : . Sereno E. Payne (R) : . Hosea H. Rockwell (D) : . John Raines (R) : . Halbert S. Greenleaf (D) : . James W. Wadsworth (R) : . Daniel N. Lockwood (D) : . Thomas L. Bunting (D) : . Warren B. Hooker (R)

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

: . William A. B. Branch (D) : . Henry P. Cheatham (R) : . Benjamin F. Grady (D) : . Benjamin H. Bunn (D) : . Archibald H. A. Williams (D) : . Sydenham B. Alexander (D) : . John S. Henderson (D) : . William H. H. Cowles (D) : . William T. Crawford (D)

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

: . Martin N. Johnson (R)

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

: . Bellamy Storer (R) : . John A. Caldwell (R) : . George W. Houk (D) : . Martin K. Gantz (D) : . Fernando C. Layton (D) : . Dennis D. Donovan (D) : . William E. Haynes (D) : . Darius D. Hare (D) : . Joseph H. Outhwaite (D) : . Robert E. Doan (R) : . John M. Pattison (D) : . William H. Enochs (R) : . J. Irvine Dungan (D) : . James W. Owens (D) : . Michael D. Harter (D) : . John G. Warwick (D), until August 14, 1892 :: Lewis P. Ohliger (D), from December 5, 1892 : . Albert J. Pearson (D) : . Joseph D. Taylor (R) : . Ezra B. Taylor (R) : . Vincent A. Taylor (R) : . Tom L. Johnson (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) : . William McAleer (D) : . John E. Reyburn (R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : . John B. Robinson (R) : . Edwin Hallowell (D) : . William Mutchler (D) : . David B. Brunner (D) : . Marriott Brosius (R) : . Lemuel Amerman (D) : . George W. Shonk (R) : . James B. Reilly (D) : . John W. Rife (R) : . Myron B. Wright (R) : . Albert C. Hopkins (R) : . Simon P. Wolverton (D) : . Louis E. Atkinson (R) : . Frank E. Beltzhoover (D) : . Edward Scull (R) : . George F. Huff (R) : . John Dalzell (R) : . William A. Stone (R) : . Andrew Stewart (R), until February 26, 1892 :: Alexander K. Craig (D), from February 26, 1892, until July 29, 1892 :: William A. Sipe (D), from December 5, 1892 : . Eugene P. Gillespie (D) : . Matthew Griswold (R) : . Charles W. Stone (R) : . George F. Kribbs (D)

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

: . Oscar Lapham (D) : . Charles H. Page (D)

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

: . William H. Brawley (D) : . George D. Tillman (D) : . George Johnstone (D) : . George W. Shell (D) : . John J. Hemphill (D) : . Eli T. Stackhouse (D), until June 14, 1892 :: John L. McLaurin (D), from December 5, 1892 : . William Elliott (D)

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

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket : . John R. Gamble (R), until August 14, 1891 :: John L. Jolley (R), from December 7, 1891 : . John A. Pickler (R)

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

: . Alfred A. Taylor (R) : . Leonidas C. Houk (R), until May 25, 1891 :: John C. Houk (R), from December 7, 1891 : . Henry C. Snodgrass (D) : . Benton McMillin (D) : . James D. Richardson (D) : . Joseph E. Washington (D) : . Nicholas N. Cox (D) : . Benjamin A. Enloe (D) : . Rice A. Pierce (D) : . Josiah Patterson (D)

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

: . Charles Stewart (D) : . John B. Long (D) : . Constantine B. Kilgore (D) : . David B. Culberson (D) : . Joseph W. Bailey (D) : . Joseph Abbott (D) : . William H. Crain (D) : . Littleton W. Moore (D) : . Roger Q. Mills (D), until March 29, 1892 :: Edwin Le Roy Antony (D), from June 14, 1892 : . Joseph D. Sayers (D) : . Samuel W. T. Lanham (D)

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

: . H. Henry Powers (R) : . William W. Grout (R)

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

: . William A. Jones (D) : . John W. Lawson (D) : . George D. Wise (D) : . James F. Epes (D) : . Posey G. Lester (D) : . Paul C. Edmunds (D) : . Charles T. O'Ferrall (D) : . William H. F. Lee (D), until October 15, 1891 :: Elisha E. Meredith (D), from December 9, 1891 : . John A. Buchanan (D) : . Henry St. George Tucker III (D)

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

: . John L. Wilson (R)

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

: . John O. Pendleton (D) : . William L. Wilson (D) : . John D. Alderson (D) : . James Capehart (D)

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

: . Clinton Babbitt (D) : . Charles Barwig (D) : . Allen R. Bushnell (D) : . John L. Mitchell (D), until March 3, 1893 : . George H. Brickner (D) : . Lucas M. Miller (D) : . Frank P. Coburn (D) : . Nils P. Haugen (R) : . Thomas Lynch (D)

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

: . Clarence D. Clark (R)

Non-voting members

: . Marcus A. Smith (D) : . Antonio Joseph (D) : . David A. Harvey (R) : . John T. Caine (D)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 7
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
  • Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
• Deaths: 4
• Resignations: 5
• Interim appointments: 1
• Total seats with changes: 10

|- | California (1) | Vacant Successor was elected. | nowrap | Charles N. Felton (R) | March 19, 1891

|- | Maryland (3) | Vacant Successor was appointed and subsequently elected (January 21, 1892). | nowrap | Charles H. Gibson (D) | November 19, 1891

|- | New York (3) | Vacant | nowrap | David B. Hill (D) | January 17, 1892

|- | Florida (3) | Vacant Incumbent was elected late. | nowrap | Wilkinson Call (D) | May 26, 1891

|- | Texas (1) | nowrap | John H. Reagan (D) Successor was appointed. | nowrap | Horace Chilton (D) | June 10, 1891

|- | Vermont (1) | nowrap | George F. Edmunds (R) Successor was appointed and subsequently elected (October 19, 1892). | nowrap | Redfield Proctor (R) | November 2, 1891

|- | Kansas (2) | nowrap | Preston B. Plumb (R) Successor was appointed. | nowrap | Bishop W. Perkins (R) | January 1, 1892

|- | Texas (1) | nowrap | Horace Chilton (D) | nowrap | Roger Q. Mills (D) | March 29, 1892

|- | Virginia (2) | nowrap | John S. Barbour Jr. (D) Successor was appointed and subsequently elected (December 20, 1893). | nowrap | Eppa Hunton (D)

|- | West Virginia (2) | nowrap | John E. Kenna (D) Successor was elected. | nowrap | Johnson N. Camden (D) | January 25, 1893

|- | Kentucky (2) | nowrap | John G. Carlisle (D) Successor was elected. | nowrap | William Lindsay (D) | February 15, 1893 |}

House of Representatives

• replacements: 15
  • Democratic: 1-seat net loss
  • Republican: 1-seat net gain
• Deaths: 10
• Resignations: 8
• Contested election: 1
• Total seats with changes: 18

Committees

Senate

• Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: Nathan F. Dixon)
• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Algernon S. Paddock; Ranking Member: James Z. George)
• Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
• Armed Strikebreakers (Select)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance)
• Canadian Relations (Chairman: John B. Allen; Ranking Member: James L. Pugh)
• Census (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: James H. Berry)
• Cherokee Nation's Complaints of Invasion in their Territory (Select) (Chairman: Bishop W. Perkins; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Edward C. Walthall)
• Claims (Chairman: John H. Mitchell; Ranking Member: Samuel Pasco)
• Coast Defenses (Chairman: Watson C. Squire; Ranking Member: James H. Berry)
• Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
• Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Select) (Chairman: Arthur P. Gorman; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: James McMillan; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: Joseph M. Carey; Ranking Member: James Z. George)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: Francis E. Warren)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Wilbur F. Sanders; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt)
• Epidemic Diseases (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: Francis B. Stockbridge)
• Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: Redfield Proctor; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Thomas C. Power; Ranking Member: George Gray)
• Failed National Banks (Select) (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees)
• Fisheries (Chairman: Francis B. Stockbridge; Ranking Member: Rufus Blodgett)
• Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Matthew C. Butler; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: John Tyler Morgan)
• Forest Reservations in California (Select) (Chairman: Charles N. Felton)
• Geological Survey (Select) (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Immigration (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: George L. Shoup)
• Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
• Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Select) (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: James K. Jones)
• Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: James L. Pugh)
• Library (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Anthony Higgins; Ranking Member: Rufus Blodgett)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)
• Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: William D. Washburn; Ranking Member: Edward C. Walthall)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson)
• Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: William M. Stewart)
• Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman: Frank Hiscock; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
• Patents (Chairman: Nathan F. Dixon; Ranking Member: George Gray)
• Pensions (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis; Ranking Member: David Turpie)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Philetus Sawyer; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt)
• Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman: John R. McPherson; Ranking Member: Philetus Sawyer)
• Printing (Chairman: Charles F. Manderson; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Matt W. Ransom; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
• Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Leland Stanford; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Joseph N. Dolph; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Quadrocentennial (Select) (Chairman: Richard F. Pettigrew; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt)
• Railroads (Chairman: Lyman R. Casey; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn)
• Revision of the Laws (Chairman: James F. Wilson; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Richard Coke; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron)
• Rules (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Territories (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: James K. Jones)
• Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: Lyman R. Casey)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: John B. Allen; Ranking Member: Randall L. Gibson then James Z. George)
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Zebulon B. Vance; Ranking Member: John B. Allen)

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: Harry Welles Rusk; Ranking Member: Albert J. Pearson)
• Agriculture (Chairman: William H. Hatch; Ranking Member: Charles L. Moses)
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select)
• Appropriations (Chairman: William S. Holman; Ranking Member: David B. Henderson)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Henry Bacon; Ranking Member: Seth W. Cobb)
• Claims (Chairman: Benjamin H. Bunn; Ranking Member: Isaac N. Cox)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Richard P. Bland; Ranking Member: George F. Williams)
• Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: William E. Haynes; Ranking Member: Thomas Bowman)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Hemphill; Ranking Member: Cornelius A. Cadmus)
• Education (Chairman: Benjamin A. Enloe; Ranking Member: Edwin Hallowell)
• Elections (Chairman: Charles T. O'Ferrall; Ranking Member: George Johnstone)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Owen Scott; Ranking Member: John A. Pickler)
• Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Paul C. Edmunds; Ranking Member: Kittel Halvorson)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: James W. Owens; Ranking Member: William W. Grout)
• Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: John M. Allen; Ranking Member: Ezra B. Taylor)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Charles A.O. McClellan; Ranking Member: George W. Ray)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: William C. Oates; Ranking Member: James S. Gorman)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Rufus E. Lester; Ranking Member: John Sanford)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: George H. Brickner; Ranking Member: William A. Stone)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Alexander B. Montgomery; Ranking Member: Robert R. Hitt)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Henry M. Youmans; Ranking Member: John H. Ketcham)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: James H. Blount; Ranking Member: Isidor Rayner)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Samuel W. Peel; Ranking Member: Benjamin H. Clover)
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: George D. Wise; Ranking Member: Asher G. Caruth)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Augustus N. Martin; Ranking Member: Edward F. McDonald then Walter H. Butler)
• Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Culberson; Ranking Member: Fernando C. Layton)
• Labor (Chairman: John C. Tarsney; Ranking Member: John W. Causey)
• Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: Samuel M. Robertson; Ranking Member: William McAleer)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Charles H. Page; Ranking Member: Archibald H.A. Williams)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Samuel Fowler; Ranking Member: Herman Stump)
• Mileage (Chairman: James N. Castle; Ranking Member: John A. Caldwell)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph H. Outhwaite; Ranking Member: Edward F. McDonald then John C. Crosby)
• Militia (Chairman: Edward Lane; Ranking Member: Alexander K. Craig)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: William H. H. Cowles; Ranking Member: Thomas Bowman)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Hilary A. Herbert; Ranking Member: William McAleer)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: James B. Reilly; Ranking Member: Frederick S. Coolidge)
• Patents (Chairman: George D. Tillman; Ranking Member: John T. Hamilton)
• Pensions (Chairman: Robert P.C. Wilson; Ranking Member: Charles L. Moses)
• Printing (Chairman: James D. Richardson; Ranking Member: Case Broderick)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Ashbel P. Fitch; Ranking Member: William T. Crawford)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John S. Henderson; Ranking Member: John C. Crosby)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member: John De Witt Warner)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Thomas C. McRae; Ranking Member: Darius D. Hare)
• Railways and Canals (Chairman: Thomas C. Catchings; Ranking Member: Kittel Halvorson)
• Revision of Laws (Chairman: William T. Ellis; Ranking Member: Lemuel Amerman)
• Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Newton C. Blanchard; Ranking Member: Charles H. Page)
• Rules (Chairman: Charles F. Crisp; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Reed)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: Joseph E. Washington; Ranking Member: Dennis D. Donovan)
• War Claims (Chairman: Frank E. Beltzhoover; Ranking Member: George W. Shell)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: William M. Springer; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Reed)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
• The Library
• Printing

Caucuses

• Democratic (House)
• Democratic (Senate)

Employees

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

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
• Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
• Public Printer of the United States: Francis W. Palmer

Senate

• Chaplain: John G. Butler (Lutheran)
• Secretary: Anson G. McCook
• Librarian: Alonzo M. Church
• Sergeant at Arms: Edward K. Valentine

House of Representatives

• Clerk: Edward McPherson, until December 8, 1891
  • James Kerr, from December 8, 1891
• Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Charles R. Crisp
• Chaplain: William H. Milburn (Methodist)
• Doorkeeper: Charles H. Turner, elected December 8, 1891
• Reading Clerks: John A. Reeve (D) and James C. Broadwell (R)
• Postmaster: James W. Hathaway
• Sergeant at Arms: Adoniram J. Holmes, until December 8, 1891
  • Samuel S. Yoder, from December 8, 1891

Notes

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