54th United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1895 in the United States, 1896 in the United States, 1897 in the United States

• May 27, 1896: 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The costliest and third deadliest tornado in U.S. history levels a mile wide swath of downtown St. Louis, Missouri, incurring over $10,000,000 (over $375 mil. in 2025) in damages at contemporaneous prices, killing more than 255 and injuring over 1,000 people.
• November 3, 1896: U.S. presidential election, 1896: Republican William McKinley defeats Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan. This is regarded as a realigning election, that ended the old Third Party System and started the Fourth Party System
• February 19, 1897: United States Copyright Office established as a department in the Library of Congress.

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#54th United States Congress

• May 21, 1896: Oil Pipe Line Act, ch. 212, ( et seq.)
• May 22, 1896: Condemned Cannon Act,
• May 28, 1896: United States Commissioners Act,
• June 1, 1896: Married Women's Rights Act (District of Columbia),
• June 6, 1896: Filled Cheese Act,
• January 13, 1897: Stock Reservoir Act, , ( et seq.)
• March 2, 1897: Tea Importation Act, , ( et seq.)

States admitted

• January 4, 1896: Utah was admitted as the 45th state.

Party summary

This count 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 E. Stevenson (D)
• President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Arthur P. Gorman

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Thomas B. Reed (R)
• Minority Leader: Charles F. Crisp (D)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Republican Conference Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor
• Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Democratic Caucus Chairman: David B. Culberson
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Charles James Faulkner

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 54th 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 the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term ended 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. Stephen M. White (D) : 3. George C. Perkins (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. Richard R. Kenney (D), from January 19, 1897

[[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. Augustus O. Bacon (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. John H. Gear (R) : 3. William B. Allison (R)

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

: 2. Lucien Baker (R) : 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. Newton C. Blanchard (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)

[[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. Julius C. Burrows (R) : 2. James McMillan (R)

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

: 1. Cushman K. Davis (R) : 2. Knute Nelson (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. Lee Mantle (R) : 2. Thomas H. Carter (R)

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

: 1. William V. Allen (P) : 2. John M. Thurston (R)

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

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

[[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. William J. Sewell (R)

[[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. Marion Butler (P) : 3. Jeter C. Pritchard (R)

[[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. George W. McBride (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. George P. Wetmore (R)

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

: 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (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. Horace Chilton (D)

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

: 1. Frank J. Cannon (R), from January 22, 1896 : 3. Arthur Brown (R), from January 22, 1896

[[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. Thomas S. Martin (D)

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

: 1. John L. Wilson (R) : 3. Watson C. Squire (R)

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

: 1. Charles J. Faulkner Jr. (D) : 2. Stephen B. Elkins (R)

[[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) : 2. Francis E. Warren (R)

]]

House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 54th Congress

The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

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

: . Richard H. Clarke (D) : . Jesse F. Stallings (D) : . George P. Harrison (D) : . Gaston A. Robbins (D), until March 13, 1896 :: William F. Aldrich (R), from March 13, 1896 : . James E. Cobb (D), until April 21, 1896 :: Albert T. Goodwyn (P), from April 22, 1896 : . John H. Bankhead (D) : . Milford W. Howard (P) : . Joseph Wheeler (D) : . Oscar Underwood (D), until June 9, 1896 :: Truman H. Aldrich (R), from June 9, 1896

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

: . Philip D. McCulloch Jr. (D) : . John S. Little (D) : . Thomas C. McRae (D) : . William L. Terry (D) : . Hugh A. Dinsmore (D) : . Robert Neill (D)

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

: . John A. Barham (R) : . Grove L. Johnson (R) : . Samuel G. Hilborn (R) : . James G. Maguire (D) : . Eugene F. Loud (R) : . James McLachlan (R) : . William W. Bowers (R)

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

: . John F. Shafroth (R) : . John C. Bell (P)

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

: . E. Stevens Henry (R) : . Nehemiah D. Sperry (R) : . Charles A. Russell (R) : . Ebenezer J. Hill (R)

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

: . Jonathan S. Willis (R)

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

: . Stephen M. Sparkman (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), until October 23, 1896 :: Charles R. Crisp (D), from December 19, 1896 : . Charles L. Moses (D) : . Leonidas F. Livingston (D) : . Charles L. Bartlett (D) : . John W. Maddox (D) : . Thomas G. Lawson (D) : . Farish C. Tate (D) : . James C. C. Black (D), until March 4, 1895 :: James C. C. Black (D), from October 2, 1895 : . Henry G. Turner (D)

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

: . Edgar Wilson (R)

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

: . J. Frank Aldrich (R) : . William Lorimer (R) : . Lawrence E. McGann (D), until December 27, 1895 :: Hugh R. Belknap (R), from December 27, 1895 : . Charles W. Woodman (R) : . George E. White (R) : . Edward D. Cooke (R) : . George E. Foss (R) : . Albert J. Hopkins (R) : . Robert R. Hitt (R) : . George W. Prince (R), from December 2, 1895 : . Walter Reeves (R) : . Joseph G. Cannon (R) : . Vespasian Warner (R) : . Joseph V. Graff (R) : . Benjamin F. Marsh (R) : . Finis E. Downing (D), until June 5, 1896 :: John I. Rinaker (R), from June 5, 1896 : . James A. Connolly (R) : . Frederick Remann (R), until July 14, 1895 :: William F. L. Hadley (R), from December 2, 1895 : . Benson Wood (R) : . Orlando Burrell (R) : . Everett J. Murphy (R) : . George Washington Smith (R)

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

: . James A. Hemenway (R) : . Alexander M. Hardy (R) : . Robert J. Tracewell (R) : . James E. Watson (R) : . Jesse Overstreet (R) : . Henry U. Johnson (R) : . Charles L. Henry (R) : . George W. Faris (R) : . J. Frank Hanly (R) : . Jethro A. Hatch (R) : . George W. Steele (R) : . Jacob D. Leighty (R) : . Lemuel W. Royse (R)

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

: . Samuel M. Clark (R) : . George M. Curtis (R) : . 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) : . Orrin L. Miller (R) : . Snyder S. Kirkpatrick (R) : . Charles Curtis (R) : . William A. Calderhead (R) : . William Baker (P) : . Chester I. Long (R) : . Richard W. Blue (R)

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

: . John K. Hendrick (D) : . John D. Clardy (D) : . W. Godfrey Hunter (R) : . John W. Lewis (R) : . Walter Evans (R) : . Albert S. Berry (D) : . William C. Owens (D) : . James B. McCreary (D) : . Samuel J. Pugh (R) : . Joseph M. Kendall (D), until February 18, 1897 :: Nathan T. Hopkins (R), from February 18, 1897 : . David G. Colson (R)

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

: . Adolph Meyer (D) : . Charles F. Buck (D) : . Andrew Price (D) : . Henry W. Ogden (D) : . Charles J. Boatner (D), until March 20, 1896 :: Charles J. Boatner (D), from June 10, 1896 : . 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]]

: . Joshua W. Miles (D) : . William B. Baker (R) : . Henry W. Rusk (D) : . John K. Cowen (D) : . Charles E. Coffin (R) : . George L. Wellington (R)

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

: . Ashley B. Wright (R) : . Frederick H. Gillett (R) : . Joseph H. Walker (R) : . Lewis D. Apsley (R) : . William S. Knox (R) : . William Cogswell (R), until May 22, 1895 :: William H. Moody (R), from November 5, 1895 : . William E. Barrett (R) : . Samuel W. McCall (R) : . John F. Fitzgerald (D) : . Harrison H. Atwood (R) : . William F. Draper (R) : . Elijah A. Morse (R) : . John Simpkins (R)

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

: . John B. Corliss (R) : . George Spalding (R) : . Alfred Milnes (R), from December 2, 1895 : . Henry F. Thomas (R) : . William Alden Smith (R) : . David D. Aitken (R) : . Horace G. Snover (R) : . William S. Linton (R) : . Roswell P. Bishop (R) : . Rousseau O. Crump (R) : . John Avery (R) : . Samuel M. Stephenson (R)

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

: . James Albertus Tawney (R) : . James T. McCleary (R) : . Joel Heatwole (R) : . Andrew R. Kiefer (R) : . Loren Fletcher (R) : . Charles A. Towne (R) : . Frank Eddy (R)

[[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) : . Walter McKennon Denny (D) : . James G. Spencer (D)

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

: . Charles N. Clark (R) : . Uriel S. Hall (D) : . Alexander M. Dockery (D) : . George C. Crowther (R) : . John C. Tarsney (D), until February 27, 1896 :: Robert T. Van Horn (R), from February 27, 1896 : . David A. De Armond (D) : . John P. Tracey (R) : . Joel D. Hubbard (R) : . William M. Treloar (R) : . Richard Bartholdt (R) : . Charles F. Joy (R) : . Seth W. Cobb (D) : . John H. Raney (R) : . Norman A. Mozley (R) : . Charles G. Burton (R)

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

: . Charles S. Hartman (R)

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

: . Jesse B. Strode (R) : . David H. Mercer (R) : . George D. Meiklejohn (R) : . Eugene J. Hainer (R) : . William E. Andrews (R) : . Omer M. Kem (P)

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

: . Francis G. Newlands (S)

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

: . Cyrus A. Sulloway (R) : . Henry M. Baker (R)

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

: . Henry C. Loudenslager (R) : . John J. Gardner (R) : . Benjamin F. Howell (R) : . Mahlon Pitney (R) : . James F. Stewart (R) : . Richard Wayne Parker (R) : . Thomas McEwan Jr. (R) : . Charles N. Fowler (R)

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

: . Richard Cunningham McCormick (R) : . Denis M. Hurley (R) : . Francis H. Wilson (R) : . Israel F. Fischer (R) : . Charles G. Bennett (R) : . James R. Howe (R) : . Franklin Bartlett (D) : . James J. Walsh (D), until June 2, 1896 :: John M. Mitchell (R), from June 2, 1896 : . Henry C. Miner (D) : . Amos J. Cummings (D) from November 5, 1895 : . William Sulzer (D) : . George B. McClellan Jr. (D) : . Richard C. Shannon (R) : . Lemuel E. Quigg (R) : . Philip B. Low (R) : . Benjamin L. Fairchild (R) : . Benjamin Odell (R) : . Jacob LeFever (R) : . Frank S. Black (R), until January 7, 1897 : . George N. Southwick (R) : . David F. Wilber (R) : . Newton M. Curtis (R) : . Wallace T. Foote Jr. (R) : . Charles A. Chickering (R) : . James S. Sherman (R) : . George W. Ray (R) : . Theodore L. Poole (R) : . Sereno E. Payne (R) : . Charles W. Gillet (R) : . James W. Wadsworth (R) : . Henry C. Brewster (R) : . Rowland B. Mahany (R) : . Charles Daniels (R) : . Warren B. Hooker (R)

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

: . Harry Skinner (P) : . Frederick A. Woodard (D) : . John G. Shaw (D) : . William F. Strowd (P) : . Thomas Settle III (R) : . James A. Lockhart (D), until June 5, 1896 :: Charles H. Martin (P), from June 5, 1896 : . Alonzo C. Shuford (P) : . Romulus Z. Linney (R) : . Richmond Pearson (R)

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

: . Martin N. Johnson (R)

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

: . Charles P. Taft (R) : . Jacob H. Bromwell (R) : . Paul J. Sorg (D) : . Fernando C. Layton (D) : . Francis B. De Witt (R) : . George W. Hulick (R) : . George W. Wilson (R) : . Luther M. Strong (R) : . James H. Southard (R) : . Lucien J. Fenton (R) : . Charles H. Grosvenor (R) : . David K. Watson (R) : . Stephen R. Harris (R) : . Winfield S. Kerr (R) : . Henry C. Van Voorhis (R) : . Lorenzo Danford (R) : . Addison S. McClure (R) : . Robert W. Tayler (R) : . Stephen A. Northway (R) : . Clifton B. Beach (R) : . Theodore E. Burton (R)

[[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) : . Robert Adams Jr. (R) : . Frederick Halterman (R) : . John E. Reyburn (R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : . John B. Robinson (R) : . Irving P. Wanger (R) : . Joseph J. Hart (D) : . Constantine J. Erdman (D) : . Marriott Brosius (R) : . Joseph A. Scranton (R) : . John Leisenring (R) : . Charles N. Brumm (R) : . Ephraim M. Woomer (R) : . James H. Codding (R), from November 5, 1895 : . Fred C. Leonard (R) : . Monroe H. Kulp (R) : . Thaddeus M. Mahon (R) : . James A. Stahle (R) : . Josiah D. Hicks (R) : . Daniel B. Heiner (R) : . John Dalzell (R) : . William A. Stone (R) : . Ernest F. Acheson (R) : . Thomas W. Phillips (R) : . Matthew Griswold (R) : . Charles W. Stone (R) : . William C. Arnold (R) : . Galusha A. Grow (R) : . George F. Huff (R)

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

: . Melville Bull (R) : . Warren O. Arnold (R)

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

: . William Elliott (D), until June 4, 1896 :: George W. Murray (R), from June 4, 1896 : . William J. Talbert (D) : . Asbury C. Latimer (D) : . Stanyarne Wilson (D) : . Thomas J. Strait (D) : . John L. McLaurin (D) : . J. William Stokes (D), until June 1, 1896 :: J. William Stokes (D), from November 3, 1896

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

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. (2 Republicans) : . Robert J. Gamble (R) : . John A. Pickler (R)

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

: . William C. Anderson (R) : . Henry R. Gibson (R) : . Foster V. Brown (R) : . Benton McMillin (D) : . James D. Richardson (D) : . Joseph E. Washington (D) : . Nicholas N. Cox (D) : . John E. McCall (R) : . James C. McDearmon (D) : . Josiah Patterson (D)

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

: . Joseph C. Hutcheson (D) : . Samuel B. Cooper (D) : . Charles H. Yoakum (D) : . David B. Culberson (D) : . Joseph W. Bailey (D) : . Joseph Abbott (D) : . George C. Pendleton (D) : . Charles K. Bell (D) : . Joseph D. Sayers (D) : . Miles Crowley (D) : . William H. Crain (D), until February 10, 1896 :: Rudolph Kleberg (D), from April 7, 1896 : . George H. Noonan (R) : . Jeremiah V. Cockrell (D)

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

: . Clarence E. Allen (R), from January 4, 1896

[[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) : . Tazewell Ellett (D) : . William R. McKenney (D), until May 2, 1896 :: Robert T. Thorp (R), from May 2, 1896 : . Claude A. Swanson (D) : . Peter J. Otey (D) : . Smith S. Turner (D) : . Elisha E. Meredith (D) : . James A. Walker (R) : . Henry St. George Tucker III (D)

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

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. (2 Republicans) : . William H. Doolittle (R) : . Samuel C. Hyde (R)

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

: . Blackburn B. Dovener (R) : . Alston G. Dayton (R) : . James H. Huling (R) : . Warren Miller (R)

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

: . Henry Allen Cooper (R) : . Edward Sauerhering (R) : . Joseph W. Babcock (R) : . Theobald Otjen (R) : . Samuel S. Barney (R) : . Samuel A. Cook (R) : . Michael Griffin (R) : . Edward S. Minor (R) : . Alexander Stewart (R) : . John J. Jenkins (R)

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

: . Frank W. Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

: . Nathan O. Murphy (R) : . Thomas B. Catron (R) : . Dennis T. Flynn (R) : . Frank J. Cannon (R), until January 4, 1896

Changes in membership

Sorted chronologically by date of vacancy

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

Senate

Two seats were added when Utah was admitted and one seat was filled late.

|- | nowrap | Utah (1) | New seat | State was admitted to the Union | nowrap | Frank J. Cannon (R) | January 22, 1896 | New seat | nowrap | Utah (1) | State was admitted to the Union | nowrap | Arthur Brown (R) | January 22, 1896

|- | nowrap | Delaware (2) | Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect. A successor was eventually elected | nowrap | Richard R. Kenney (D) | January 19, 1897

|}

House of Representatives

There were 4 deaths, 2 resignations, 13 election challenges, 1 new seat, and 4 seats vacant from the previous Congress. Democrats had a 10-seat net loss; Republicans had a 12-seat net gain; and Populists had a 2-seat net gain.

|- | | Vacant | Representative-elect Andrew J. Campbell died before the start of Congress. New member elected November 5, 1895. | nowrap | Amos J. Cummings (D) | November 5, 1895

|- | | Vacant | Philip S. Post (R) was re-elected, but died before this Congress. New member elected December 2, 1895. | nowrap | George W. Prince (R) | December 2, 1895

|- | | Vacant | Julius C. Burrows (R) was re-elected, but resigned in the previous Congress to serve in the Senate. New member elected December 2, 1895. | nowrap | Alfred Milnes (R) | December 2, 1895

|- | | Vacant | Rep-elect Myron B. Wright died in office. New member elected November 5, 1895. | nowrap | James H. Codding (R) | November 5, 1895

|- | | | Frank J. Cannon (R) | Seat eliminated January 4, 1896, upon statehood.

|- | | New seat | State was admitted to the Union. New member elected November 5, 1895. | nowrap | Clarence E. Allen (R) | January 4, 1896

|- | | nowrap | James C. C. Black (D) | Resigned March 4, 1895. Incumbent was subsequently re-elected October 2, 1895. | nowrap | James C. C. Black (D) | October 2, 1895

|- | | nowrap | William Cogswell (R) | Died May 22, 1895. New member elected November 5, 1895. | nowrap | William H. Moody (R) | November 5, 1895

|- | | nowrap | Frederick Remann (R) | Died July 14, 1895. New member elected December 2, 1895. | nowrap | William F. L. Hadley (R) | December 2, 1895

|- | | nowrap | Lawrence E. McGann (D) | Election was successfully challenged December 27, 1895. | nowrap | Hugh R. Belknap (R) | December 27, 1895

|- | | nowrap | William H. Crain (D) | Died February 10, 1896. New member elected April 7, 1896. | nowrap | Rudolph Kleberg (D) | April 7, 1896

|- | | nowrap | John C. Tarsney (D) | Election was successfully challenged February 27, 1896. | nowrap | Robert T. Van Horn (R) | February 27, 1896

|- | | nowrap | Gaston A. Robbins (D) | Election was successfully challenged March 13, 1896. | nowrap | William F. Aldrich (R) | March 13, 1896

|- | | nowrap | William R. McKenney (D) | Election was successfully challenged May 2, 1896. | nowrap | Robert T. Thorp (R) | May 2, 1896

|- | | nowrap | Charles J. Boatner (D) | Election was challenged and declared vacant March 20, 1896. Incumbent was subsequently elected June 10, 1896. | nowrap | Charles J. Boatner (D) | June 10, 1896

|- | | nowrap | James E. Cobb (D) | Election was successfully challenged April 21, 1896. | nowrap | Albert T. Goodwyn (P) | April 22, 1896

|- | | nowrap | J. William Stokes (D) | Seat declared vacant June 1, 1896. Incumbent was subsequently elected November 3, 1896. | nowrap | J. William Stokes (D) | November 3, 1896

|- | | nowrap | James J. Walsh (D) | Election was successfully challenged June 2, 1896. | nowrap | John M. Mitchell (R) | June 2, 1896

|- | | nowrap | William Elliott (D) | Election was successfully challenged June 4, 1896. | nowrap | George W. Murray (R) | June 4, 1896

|- | | nowrap | Finis E. Downing (D) | Election was successfully challenged June 5, 1896. | nowrap | John I. Rinaker (R) | June 5, 1896

|- | | nowrap | James A. Lockhart (D) | Election was successfully challenged June 5, 1896. | nowrap | Charles H. Martin (P) | June 5, 1896

|- | | nowrap | Oscar W. Underwood (D) | Election was successfully challenged June 9, 1896. | nowrap | Truman H. Aldrich (R) | June 9, 1896

|- | | nowrap | Charles F. Crisp (D) | Died October 23, 1896. New member elected December 19, 1896. | nowrap | Charles R. Crisp (D) | December 19, 1896

|- | | | Frank S. Black (R) | Resigned January 7, 1897.

|- | | nowrap | Joseph M. Kendall (D) | Election was successfully challenged February 18, 1897. | nowrap | Nathan T. Hopkins (R) | February 18, 1897

|}

Committees

Senate

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

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: J. Frank Aldrich; Ranking Member: Melville Bull)
• Agriculture (Chairman: James W. Wadsworth; Ranking Member: Horace G. Snover)
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Elijah A. Morse; Ranking Member: Jonathan S. Willis)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon; Ranking Member: Joseph D. Sayers)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Joseph H. Walker; Ranking Member: Ebenezer J. Hill)
• Claims (Chairman: Charles N. Brumm; Ranking Member: David G. Colson)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Charles W. Stone; Ranking Member: Benjamin L. Fairchild)
• Disposition of Executive Papers
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock; Ranking Member: George L. Wellington)
• Education (Chairman: Galusha A. Grow; Ranking Member: David A. De Armond)
• Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Newton Martin Curtis; Ranking Member: John B. Corliss)
• Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Charles Daniels; Ranking Member: Romulus Z. Linney)
• Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Henry U. Johnson; Ranking Member: Chester I. Long)
• Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Samuel W. McCall; Ranking Member: James H. Codding)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Alva L. Hager; Ranking Member: Benjamin E. Russell)
• Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles W. Gillet; Ranking Member: Uriel S. Hall)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
• Expenditures in the Justice Department(Chairman: William R. Ellis; Ranking Member: Henry G. Turner)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Henry F. Thomas; Ranking Member: Smith S. Turner)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Henry H. Bingham; Ranking Member: Henry W. Ogden)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Lemuel E. Quigg; Ranking Member: Rufus E. Lester)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor; Ranking Member: J. William Stokes)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William W. Grout; Ranking Member: Jeremiah V. Cockrell)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas Settle; Ranking Member: Oscar W. Underwood)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert R. Hitt; Ranking Member: Richmond Pearson)
• Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt; Ranking Member: Rowland B. Mahany)
• Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Binger Hermann; Ranking Member: Samuel C. Hyde)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: George E. White)
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn; Ranking Member: John B. Corliss)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John A. Pickler; Ranking Member: William E. Andrews)
• Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Henderson; Ranking Member: Foster V. Brown)
• Labor (Chairman: Thomas W. Phillips; Ranking Member: Paul J. Sorg)
• Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: George W. Ray; Ranking Member: W. Godfrey Hunter)
• Library (Chairman: Alfred C. Harmer; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Lewis D. Apsley; Ranking Member: Monroe H. Kulp)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: Edward S. Minor)
• Mileage (Chairman: Ashley B. Wright; Ranking Member: George C. Pendleton)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: Lucien J. Fenton)
• Militia (Chairman: Benjamin F. Marsh; Ranking Member: Richard W. Parker)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: David D. Aitken; Ranking Member: Frank M. Eddy)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Charles A. Boutelle; Ranking Member: Alston G. Dayton)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: H. Henry Powers; Ranking Member: George W. Faris)
• Patents (Chairman: William F. Draper; Ranking Member: Winfield S. Kerr)
• Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: Alexander M. Hardy)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Eugene F. Loud; Ranking Member: Orrin L. Miller)
• Printing (Chairman: George D. Perkins; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: George W. Smith; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Howell)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Seth L. Milliken; Ranking Member: Samuel C. Hyde)
• Public Lands (Chairman: John F. Lacey; Ranking Member: John F. Shafroth)
• Railways and Canals (Chairman: Charles A. Chickering; Ranking Member: Thomas McEwan Jr.)
• Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Marriott Brosius; Ranking Member: James McLachlan)
• Revision of Laws (Chairman: William W. Bowers; Ranking Member: Theobald Otjen)
• Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Warren B. Hooker; Ranking Member: Blackburn B. Dovener)
• Rules (Chairman: Thomas B. Reed; Ranking Member: Charles F. Crisp)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: Joseph A. Scranton; Ranking Member: Philip B. Low)
• Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: William S. Linton; Ranking Member: Harry Skinner)
• War Claims (Chairman: Thaddeus M. Mahon; Ranking Member: Samuel Pugh)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: Nelson Dingley; Ranking Member: Charles F. Crisp)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Alcohol in the Arts (Select)
• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
• Investigate Charities and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia
• The Library
• Printing
• Ford's Theater Disaster

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: Thomas E. Benedict

Senate

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

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Edward P. Bagby (Disciples of Christ), until December 2, 1895
  • Henry N. Couden (Universalist), elected December 2, 1895
• Clerk: James Kerr, until December 2, 1895
  • Alexander McDowell, from December 2, 1895
• Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds
• Doorkeeper: William J. Glenn, elected December 2, 1895
• Postmaster: Joseph C. McElroy, elected December 2, 1895
• Reading Clerks: E. L. Sampson (D) and R. S. Hatcher (R)
• Sergeant at Arms: Herman W. Snow, until December 2, 1895
  • Benjamin F. Russell, from December 2, 1895

References