53rd United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1893 in the United States, 1894 in the United States, 1895 in the United States

• March 4, 1893: Grover Cleveland became President of the United States for a second time.
• May 5, 1893: Panic of 1893: A crash on the New York Stock Exchange started a depression.
• November 7, 1893: Colorado women were granted the right to vote
• May 1, 1894: Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrived in Washington, D.C.

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#53rd United States Congress

• July 16, 1894: Utah Enabling Act
• August 27, 1894: Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act
• February 18, 1895: Maguire Act of 1895

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: Adlai Stevenson (D)
• President pro tempore: Charles F. Manderson (D)
  • Isham G. Harris (D), elected March 22, 1893
  • Matt Whitaker Ransom (D), elected January 7, 1895
  • Isham G. Harris (D), elected January 10, 1895
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Arthur P. Gorman
• Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Charles F. Crisp (D)
• Minority Leader: Thomas B. Reed (R)
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: William S. Holman
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Charles James Faulkner
• Republican Conference Chairman: Thomas J. Henderson
• Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and Members of the House are listed by district.

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Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 53rd 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, facing re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, facing re-election in 1894; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing 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. Stephen M. White (D) : 3. Leland Stanford (R), until June 21, 1893 :: George C. Perkins (R), from July 26, 1893

[[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)

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

: 2. Alfred H. Colquitt (D), until March 26, 1894 :: Patrick Walsh (D), from April 2, 1894 : 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. John Martin (D) : 3. William A. Peffer (P)

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

: 2. William Lindsay (D) : 3. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)

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

: 2. Donelson Caffery (D) : 3. Edward D. White Jr. (D), until March 12, 1894 :: Newton C. Blanchard (D), from March 12, 1894

[[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)

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

: 1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R) : 2. George F. Hoar (R)

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

: 1. Francis B. Stockbridge (R), until April 30, 1894 :: John Patton Jr. (R), from May 5, 1894, until January 14, 1895 :: Julius C. Burrows (R), from January 24, 1895 : 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), until January 24, 1894 :: Anselm J. McLaurin (D), from February 7, 1894

[[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. Lee Mantle (R), from January 16, 1895 : 2. Thomas C. Power (R)

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

: 1. William V. Allen (P) : 2. Charles F. Manderson (R)

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

: 1. William M. Stewart (S) : 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. James Smith Jr. (D) : 2. John R. McPherson (D)

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

: 1. Edward Murphy Jr. (D) : 3. David B. Hill (D)

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

: 2. Matt W. Ransom (D) : 3. Zebulon B. Vance (D), until April 14, 1894 :: Thomas J. Jarvis (D), from April 19, 1894, until January 23, 1895 :: Jeter C. Pritchard (R), from January 23, 1895

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

: 1. William N. Roach (D) : 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 (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. Roger Q. Mills (D) : 2. Richard Coke (D)

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

: 1. Redfield Proctor (R) : 3. Justin S. Morrill (R)

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

: 1. John W. Daniel (D) : 2. Eppa Hunton, II (D)

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

: 1. John L. Wilson (R), from February 19, 1895 : 3. Watson C. Squire (R)

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

: 1. Charles J. Faulkner Jr. (D) : 2. Johnson N. Camden (D)

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

: 1. John L. Mitchell (D) : 3. William F. Vilas (D)

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

: 1. Clarence D. Clark (R), from January 23, 1895 : 2. Joseph M. Carey (R)

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House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 53rd Congress

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

: . Richard H. Clarke (D) : . Jesse F. Stallings (D) : . William C. Oates (D), until November 5, 1894 :: George P. Harrison (D), from November 6, 1894 : . Gaston A. Robbins (D) : . James E. Cobb (D) : . John H. Bankhead (D) : . William H. Denson (D) : . Joseph Wheeler (D) : . Louis W. Turpin (D)

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

: . Philip D. McCulloch Jr. (D) : . Clifton R. Breckinridge (D), until August 14, 1894 :: John S. Little (D), from December 3, 1894 : . Thomas C. McRae (D) : . William L. Terry (D) : . Hugh A. Dinsmore (D) : . Robert Neill (D)

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

: . Thomas J. Geary (D) : . Anthony Caminetti (D) : . Samuel G. Hilborn (R), until April 4, 1894 :: Warren B. English (D), from April 4, 1894 : . James G. Maguire (D) : . Eugene F. Loud (R) : . Marion Cannon (P) : . William W. Bowers (R)

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

: . Lafe Pence (P) : . John C. Bell (P)

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

: . Lewis Sperry (D) : . James P. Pigott (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) : . Charles M. Cooper (D)

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

: . Rufus E. Lester (D) : . Benjamin E. Russell (D) : . Charles F. Crisp (D) : . Charles L. Moses (D) : . Leonidas F. Livingston (D) : . Thomas B. Cabaniss (D) : . John W. Maddox (D) : . Thomas G. Lawson (D) : . Farish C. Tate (D) : . James C. C. Black (D) : . Henry G. Turner (D)

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

: . Willis Sweet (R)

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

: . J. Frank Aldrich (R) : . Lawrence E. McGann (D) : . Allan C. Durborow Jr. (D) : . Julius Goldzier (D) : . Albert J. Hopkins (R) : . Robert R. Hitt (R) : . Thomas J. Henderson (R) : . Robert A. Childs (R) : . Hamilton K. Wheeler (R) : . Philip S. Post (R), until January 6, 1895 : . Benjamin F. Marsh (R) : . John J. McDannold (D) : . William M. Springer (D) : . Benjamin F. Funk (R) : . Joseph G. Cannon (R) : . George W. Fithian (D) : . Edward Lane (D) : . William S. Forman (D) : . James R. Williams (D) : . George Washington Smith (R) : . John C. Black (D), until January 12, 1895 : . Andrew J. Hunter (D)

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

: . Arthur H. Taylor (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) : . Thomas Hammond (D) : . Augustus N. Martin (D) : . William F. McNagny (D) : . Charles G. Conn (D)

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

: . John H. Gear (R) : . Walter I. Hayes (D) : . David B. Henderson (R) : . Thomas Updegraff (R) : . Robert G. Cousins (R) : . John F. Lacey (R) : . John A. T. Hull (R) : . William P. Hepburn (R) : . Alva L. Hager (R) : . Jonathan P. Dolliver (R) : . George D. Perkins (R)

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

: . Case Broderick (R) : . Edward H. Funston (R), until August 2, 1894 :: Horace L. Moore (D), from August 2, 1894 : . Thomas J. Hudson (P) : . Charles Curtis (R) : . John Davis (P) : . William Baker (P) : . Jeremiah Simpson (P) : . William A. Harris (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) : . Albert S. Berry (D) : . William C. P. Breckinridge (D) : . James B. McCreary (D) : . Thomas H. Paynter (D), until January 5, 1895 : . Marcus C. Lisle (D), until July 7, 1894 :: William M. Beckner (D), from December 3, 1894 : . Silas Adams (R)

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

: . Adolph Meyer (D) : . Robert C. Davey (D) : . Andrew Price (D) : . Newton C. Blanchard (D), until March 12, 1894 :: Henry W. Ogden (D), from May 12, 1894 : . 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]]

: . Robert F. Brattan (D), until May 10, 1894 :: W. Laird Henry (D), from November 6, 1894 : . J. Frederick C. Talbott (D) : . Henry W. Rusk (D) : . Isidor Rayner (D) : . Barnes Compton (D), until May 15, 1894 :: Charles E. Coffin (R), from November 6, 1894 : . William M. McKaig (D)

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

: . Ashley B. Wright (R) : . Frederick H. Gillett (R) : . Joseph H. Walker (R) : . Lewis D. Apsley (R) : . Moses T. Stevens (D) : . William Cogswell (R) : . William Everett (D), from April 25, 1893 : . Samuel W. McCall (R) : . Joseph H. O'Neil (D) : . Michael J. McEttrick (ID) : . William F. Draper (R) : . Elijah A. Morse (R) : . Charles S. Randall (R)

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

: . J. Logan Chipman (D), until August 17, 1893 :: Levi T. Griffin (D), from December 4, 1893 : . James S. Gorman (D) : . Julius C. Burrows (R), until January 23, 1895 : . Henry F. Thomas (R) : . George F. Richardson (D) : . David D. Aitken (R) : . Justin R. Whiting (D) : . William S. Linton (R) : . John W. Moon (R) : . Thomas A. E. Weadock (D) : . John Avery (R) : . Samuel M. Stephenson (R)

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

: . James Albertus Tawney (R) : . James T. McCleary (R) : . Osee M. Hall (D) : . Andrew R. Kiefer (R) : . Loren Fletcher (R) : . Melvin R. Baldwin (D) : . Haldor E. Boen (P)

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

: . John M. Allen (D) : . John C. Kyle (D) : . Thomas C. Catchings (D) : . Hernando D. Money (D) : . John Sharp Williams (D) : . Thomas R. Stockdale (D) : . Charles E. Hooker (D)

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

: . William H. Hatch (D) : . Uriel S. Hall (D) : . Alexander M. Dockery (D) : . Daniel D. Burnes (D) : . John C. Tarsney (D) : . David A. De Armond (D) : . John T. Heard (D) : . Richard P. Bland (D) : . James Beauchamp Clark (D) : . Richard Bartholdt (R) : . Charles F. Joy (R), until April 3, 1894 :: John J. O'Neill (D), from April 3, 1894 : . Seth W. Cobb (D) : . Robert W. Fyan (D) : . Marshall Arnold (D) : . Charles H. Morgan (D)

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

: . Charles S. Hartman (R)

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

: . William J. Bryan (D) : . David H. Mercer (R) : . George D. Meiklejohn (R) : . Eugene J. Hainer (R) : . William A. McKeighan (P) : . Omer M. Kem (P)

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

: . Francis G. Newlands (D/S)

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

: . Henry W. Blair (R) : . Henry M. Baker (R)

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

: . Henry C. Loudenslager (R) : . John J. Gardner (R) : . Jacob A. Geissenhainer (D) : . Johnston Cornish (D) : . Cornelius A. Cadmus (D) : . Thomas D. English (D) : . George B. Fielder (D) : . John T. Dunn (D)

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

: . James W. Covert (D) : . John M. Clancy (D) : . Joseph C. Hendrix (D) : . William J. Coombs (D) : . John H. Graham (D) : . Thomas F. Magner (D) : . Franklin Bartlett (D) : . Edward J. Dunphy (D) : . Timothy J. Campbell (D) : . Daniel Sickles (D) : . Amos J. Cummings (D), until November 21, 1894 : . W. Bourke Cockran (D) : . J. De Witt Warner (D) : . John R. Fellows (D), until December 31, 1893 :: Lemuel E. Quigg (R), from January 30, 1894 : . Ashbel P. Fitch (D), until December 26, 1893 :: Isidor Straus (D), from January 30, 1894 : . William Ryan (D) : . Francis Marvin (R) : . Jacob LeFever (R) : . Charles D. Haines (D) : . Charles Tracey (D) : . Simon J. Schermerhorn (D) : . Newton M. Curtis (R) : . John M. Wever (R) : . Charles A. Chickering (R) : . James S. Sherman (R) : . George W. Ray (R) : . James J. Belden (R) : . Sereno E. Payne (R) : . Charles W. Gillet (R) : . James W. Wadsworth (R) : . John Van Voorhis (R) : . Daniel N. Lockwood (D) : . Charles Daniels (R) : . Warren B. Hooker (R)

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

: . William A. B. Branch (D) : . Frederick A. Woodard (D) : . Benjamin F. Grady (D) : . Benjamin H. Bunn (D) : . Thomas Settle III (R) : . Sydenham B. Alexander (D) : . John S. Henderson (D) : . William H. Bower (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), until May 4, 1894 :: Jacob H. Bromwell (R), from December 3, 1894 : . George W. Houk (D), until February 9, 1894 :: Paul J. Sorg (D), from May 21, 1894 : . Fernando C. Layton (D) : . Dennis D. Donovan (D) : . George W. Hulick (R) : . George W. Wilson (R) : . Luther M. Strong (R) : . Byron F. Ritchie (D) : . William H. Enochs (R), until July 13, 1893 :: Hezekiah S. Bundy (R), from December 4, 1893 : . Charles H. Grosvenor (R) : . Joseph H. Outhwaite (D) : . Darius D. Hare (D) : . Michael D. Harter (D) : . Henry C. Van Voorhis (R) : . Albert J. Pearson (D) : . James A. D. Richards (D) : . George P. Ikirt (D) : . Stephen A. Northway (R) : . William J. White (R) : . Tom L. Johnson (D)

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

: . Binger Hermann (R) : . William R. Ellis (R)

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

: . Henry H. Bingham (R) : . Charles O'Neill (R), until November 25, 1893 :: Robert Adams Jr. (R), from December 19, 1893 : . William McAleer (D) : . John E. Reyburn (R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : . John B. Robinson (R) : . Irving P. Wanger (R) : . William Mutchler (D), until June 23, 1893 :: Howard Mutchler (D), from August 7, 1893 : . Constantine J. Erdman (D) : . Marriott Brosius (R) : . Joseph A. Scranton (R) : . William H. Hines (D) : . James B. Reilly (D) : . Ephraim M. Woomer (R) : . Myron B. Wright (R), until November 13, 1894 :: Edwin J. Jorden (R), from February 23, 1895 : . Albert C. Hopkins (R) : . Simon P. Wolverton (D) : . Thaddeus M. Mahon (R) : . Frank E. Beltzhoover (D) : . Josiah D. Hicks (R) : . Daniel B. Heiner (R) : . John Dalzell (R) : . William A. Stone (R) : . William A. Sipe (D) : . Thomas W. Phillips (R) : . Joseph C. Sibley (D) : . Charles W. Stone (R) : . George F. Kribbs (D) : . Alexander McDowell (R) : . William Lilly (R), until December 1, 1893 :: Galusha A. Grow (R), from February 26, 1894

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

: . Oscar Lapham (D) : . Charles H. Page (D), from April 5, 1893

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

: . William H. Brawley (D), until February 12, 1894 :: James F. Izlar (D), from April 12, 1894 : . William J. Talbert (D) : . Asbury C. Latimer (D) : . George W. Shell (D) : . Thomas J. Strait (D) : . John L. McLaurin (D) : . George W. Murray (R)

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

Both representatives were elected at-large statewide on a general ticket. : . William V. Lucas (R) : . John A. Pickler (R)

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

: . Alfred A. Taylor (R) : . John C. Houk (R) : . Henry C. Snodgrass (D) : . Benton McMillin (D) : . James D. Richardson (D) : . Joseph E. Washington (D) : . Nicholas N. Cox (D) : . Benjamin A. Enloe (D) : . James C. McDearmon (D) : . Josiah Patterson (D)

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

: . Joseph C. Hutcheson (D) : . Samuel B. Cooper (D) : . Constantine B. Kilgore (D) : . David B. Culberson (D) : . Joseph W. Bailey (D) : . Joseph Abbott (D) : . George C. Pendleton (D) : . Charles K. Bell (D) : . Joseph D. Sayers (D) : . Walter Gresham (D) : . William H. Crain (D) : . Thomas M. Paschal (D) : . Jeremiah V. Cockrell (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) : . D. Gardiner Tyler (D) : . George D. Wise (D) : . James F. Epes (D) : . Claude A. Swanson (D) : . Paul C. Edmunds (D) : . Charles T. O'Ferrall (D), until December 28, 1893 :: Smith S. Turner (D), from January 30, 1894 : . Elisha E. Meredith (D) : . James W. Marshall (D) : . Henry St. George Tucker III (D)

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

Both representatives were elected at-large statewide on a general ticket. : . William H. Doolittle (R) : . John L. Wilson (R), until February 18, 1895

[[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]]

: . Henry Allen Cooper (R) : . Charles Barwig (D) : . Joseph W. Babcock (R) : . Peter J. Somers (D), from August 27, 1893 : . George H. Brickner (D) : . Owen A. Wells (D) : . George B. Shaw (R), until August 27, 1894 :: Michael Griffin (R), from November 5, 1894 : . Lyman E. Barnes (D) : . Thomas Lynch (D) : . Nils P. Haugen (R)

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

: . Henry A. Coffeen (D)

Delegates

: . Marcus A. Smith (D) : . Antonio Joseph (D) : . Dennis T. Flynn (R) : . Joseph L. Rawlins (D)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 6
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
  • Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
• Deaths: 4
• Resignations: 8
• Interim appointments: 2
• Total seats with changes: 12

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 22
  • Democratic: 2 seat net gain
  • Republican: 2 seat net loss
• Deaths: 11
• Resignations: 13
• Contested election: 3
• Total seats with changes: 30

Committees

Senate

• Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Matthew C. Butler)
• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: James Z. George; Ranking Member: James McMillan)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: William B. Allison)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Johnson N. Camden; Ranking Member: John P. Jones)
• Bribery Attempts Investigation (Special)
• Canadian Relations (Chairman: Edward Murphy Jr.; Ranking Member: George F. Hoar)
• Census (Chairman: David Turpie; Ranking Member: John P. Jones)
• Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Thomas J. Jarvis; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Claims (Chairman: Samuel Pasco; Ranking Member: John H. Mitchell)
• Coast Defenses (Chairman: John B. Gordon; Ranking Member: Watson C. Squire)
• Commerce (Chairman: Matt W. Ransom; Ranking Member: William P. Frye)
• Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Select) (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: James McMillan)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: James H. Kyle; Ranking Member: Joseph M. Carey)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: John Martin)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Donelson Caffery; Ranking Member: Fred T. Dubois)
• Epidemic Diseases (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
• Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: Eppa Hunton; Ranking Member: Redfield Proctor)
• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: William A. Peffer; Ranking Member: Thomas C. Power)
• Finance (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: Justin S. Morrill)
• Fisheries (Chairman: Richard Coke; Ranking Member: Francis B. Stockbridge)
• Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: Samuel Pasco)
• Ford Theater Disaster (Select) (Chairman: Isham G. Harris)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: John Sherman)
• Forest Reservations (Select) (Chairman: William V. Allen; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
• Geological Survey (Select) (Chairman: Anselm J. McLaurin; Ranking Member: Edward O. Wolcott)
• Immigration (Chairman: David B. Hill; Ranking Member: William E. Chandler)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: James K. Jones; Ranking Member: Orville H. Platt)
• Indian Depredations (Chairman: William Lindsay; Ranking Member: George L. Shoup)
• Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Matthew C. Butler; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom)
• Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Stephen M. White; Ranking Member: William M. Stewart)
• Judiciary (Chairman: James L. Pugh; Ranking Member: George Frisbie Hoar)
• Library (Chairman: Roger Q. Mills; Ranking Member: Edward O. Wolcott)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Charles H. Gibson; Ranking Member: Anthony Higgins)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: William B. Bate; Ranking Member: Joseph R. Hawley)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: John P. Jones)
• Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Newton C. Blanchard; Ranking Member: William D. Washburn)
• National Banks (Select) (Chairman: John L. Mitchell; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: John R. McPherson; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron)
• Nicaraguan Claims (Select)
• Organization, Conduct and Expeditures of Executive Departments (Chairman: James Smith Jr.; Ranking Member: James F. Wilson)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Calvin S. Brice; Ranking Member: Cushman K. Davis)
• Patents (Chairman: Wilkinson Call; Ranking Member: Nathan F. Dixon)
• Pensions (Chairman: John M. Palmer; Ranking Member: George L. Shoup)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: William F. Vilas; Ranking Member: John H. Mitchell)
• Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman: John R. McPherson)
• Printing (Chairman: Arthur P. Gorman; Ranking Member: Charles F. Manderson)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt)
• Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George Gray; Ranking Member: George F. Hoar)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Public Distress (Select)
• Public Lands (Chairman: James H. Berry; Ranking Member: Joseph N. Dolph)
• Quadrocentennial (Select) (Chairman: Patrick Walsh; Ranking Member: William Lindsay)
• Railroads (Chairman: John Martin; Ranking Member: Joseph R. Hawley)
• Revision of the Laws (Chairman: John W. Daniel; Ranking Member: James F. Wilson)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: Richard Coke)
• Rules (Chairman: Joseph C.S. Blackburn; Ranking Member: Nelson W. Aldrich)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Territories (Chairman: Charles J. Faulkner; Ranking Member: Orville H. Platt)
• Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: John L.M. Irby; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)
• United States Senate Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Chairman: William N. Roach; Ranking Member: Anthony Higgins)
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: James Z. George)

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: Harry Welles Rusk; Ranking Member: Owen A. Wells)
• Agriculture (Chairman: William H. Hatch; Ranking Member: John S. Williams)
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman: Thomas Dunn English; Ranking Member: Michael J. McEttrick)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Joseph D. Sayers; Ranking Member: David B. Henderson)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: William M. Springer; Ranking Member: James R. Williams)
• Claims (Chairman: Benjamin H. Bunn; Ranking Member: Thomas Hammond)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Richard P. Bland; Ranking Member: Henry A. Coffeen)
• Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: John S. Henderson; Ranking Member: John A. Caldwell)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: John T. Heard; Ranking Member: Charles M. Cooper)
• Education (Chairman: Benjamin A. Enloe; Ranking Member: Charles D. Haines)
• Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Henry St. George Tucker; Ranking Member: Jesse F. Stallings)
• Elections (Chairman: Jason B. Brown; Ranking Member: Frederick A. Woodard)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Albert J. Pearson; Ranking Member: Alva L. Hager)
• Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Paul C. Edmunds; Ranking Member: Omer Madison Kem)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Henry G. Turner; Ranking Member: William W. Grout)
• Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Richard D. Dunphy; Ranking Member: Byron F. Ritchie)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Benton McMillin; Ranking Member: Seth L. Milliken)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: James A.D. Richards; Ranking Member: Ashley B. Wright)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Rufus E. Lester; Ranking Member: Charles W. Stone)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Charles Barwig; Ranking Member: William A. Stone)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Alexander B. Montgomery; Ranking Member: Robert R. Hitt)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: William H. Crain; Ranking Member: John W. Moon)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: James B. McCreary; Ranking Member: William Everett)
• Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Jacob A. Geissenhainer; Ranking Member: James G. Maguire)
• Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: George W. Cooper; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: William S. Holman; Ranking Member: William H. Bower)
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: George D. Wise; Ranking Member: William H. Brawley)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Augustus N. Martin; Ranking Member: George B. Fielder)
• Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Culberson; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
• Labor (Chairman: Lawrence E. McGann; Ranking Member: Lafe Pence)
• Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: John M. Allen; Ranking Member: Frederick A. Woodard)
• Library (Chairman: Franklin Bartlett; Ranking Member: Charles O'Neill)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Charles H. Page; Ranking Member: Johnston Cornish)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: George W. Fithian; Ranking Member: Johnston Cornish)
• Mileage (Chairman: Thomas Lynch; Ranking Member: George C. Pendleton)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph H. Outhwaite; Ranking Member: Charles H. Morgan)
• Militia (Chairman: Adolph Meyer; Ranking Member: John C. Bell)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: Thomas A.E. Weadock; Ranking Member: William A. Baker)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Jacob A. Geissenhainer; Ranking Member: D. Gardiner Tyler)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: James B. Reilly; Ranking Member: Joseph C. Hendrix)
• Patents (Chairman: James W. Covert; Ranking Member: Robert Neill)
• Pensions (Chairman: Charles L. Moses; Ranking Member: Champ Clark)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John S. Henderson; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
• Printing (Chairman: James D. Richardson; Ranking Member: Case Broderick)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: John O. Pendleton; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Hudson)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member: Robert C. Davey)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Thomas Chipman McRae; Ranking Member: Asbury C. Latimer)
• Railways and Canals (Chairman: Seth W. Cobb; Ranking Member: Marion Cannon)
• Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Robert E. De Forest; Ranking Member: Arthur H. Taylor)
• Revision of Laws (Chairman: William T. Ellis; Ranking Member: John W. Maddox)
• Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Thomas C. Catchings; Ranking Member: Philip D. McCulloch)
• Rules (Chairman: Charles F. Crisp; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Reed)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: Joseph Wheeler; Ranking Member: Haldor E. Boen)
• Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: George W. Shell; Ranking Member: Joseph H. Walker)
• War Claims (Chairman: Frank E. Beltzhoover; Ranking Member: Byron F. Ritchie)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: William L. Wilson; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Reed)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Celebrate the Centennial of the Laying of the Capitol Cornerstone
• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Dedication of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
• Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
• Ford's Theater Disaster
• The Library
• Printing
• Naval Affairs
• Naval Personnel

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, until 1894
  • Thomas E. Benedict, from 1894

Senate

• Chaplain of the Senate: William H. Millburn (Methodist)
• Secretary of the Senate: Anson G. McCook, until April 6, 1893
  • William Ruffin Cox, elected April 6, 1893
• Librarian of the Senate: Alonzo M. Church
• Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: Edward K. Valentine, until August 8, 1893
  • Richard J. Bright, elected August 8, 1893

House of Representatives

• Chaplain of the House: Samuel W. Haddaway (Methodist), elected August 7, 1893
  • Edward B. Bagby (Christian), elected December 4, 1893
• Clerk of the House: James Kerr
• Doorkeeper of the House: Alvin B. Hurt, elected August 7, 1893
• Postmaster of the House: Lycurgus Dalton, elected August 7, 1893
• Reading Clerks: Thomas S. Pettit (D) and Neill S. Brown Jr. (R)
• Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Charles R. Crisp
• Sergeant at Arms of the House: Samuel S. Yoder, until August 7, 1893
  • Herman W. Snow, from August 7, 1893

References