55th United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1897 in the United States, 1898 in the United States, 1899 in the United States

• March 4, 1897: William McKinley became President of the United States.
• February 15, 1898: Spanish–American War: USS Maine exploded in Havana harbor.
• December 10, 1898: Treaty of Paris ended Spanish–American War, .

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#55th United States Congress

• July 24, 1897: Dingley tariff, ch. 11, , increased trade duties for revenue and protection
• April 20, 1898: Teller Resolution (Cuba),
• April 25, 1898: United States declaration of war upon Spain (Spanish–American War),
• June 1, 1898: Erdman Act,
• June 13, 1898: War Revenue Act of 1898,
• June 28, 1898: Curtis Act of 1898, , authorized the mass dispossession of territory from the Cherokee Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation, Muscogee Nation, and Seminole Nation and the divestiture of power from their national governments.
• July 1, 1898: Bankruptcy Act of 1898 (Henderson-Nelson Act), ch. 541, , gave companies an option of gaining protection from creditors.
• July 7, 1898: Newlands Resolution, No. 55, , authorized the annexation of the Republic of Hawaii
• March 3, 1899: Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, Ch. 425, , § 9,

Treaties ratified

• February 6, 1899: Treaty of Paris, ending the Spanish–American War. Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico became possessions of the U.S.

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

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House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• President: Garret Hobart (R)
• President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)
• Republican Conference Chairman: William B. Allison
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Arthur Pue Gorman, until 1898
  • David Turpie, afterwards

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Thomas Brackett Reed (R)
• Minority Leader: Joseph W. Bailey
• Republican Conference Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor
• Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: James D. Richardson
• 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 55th 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 ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1902.

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

: 2. John T. Morgan (D) : 3. Edmund Pettus (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 (SR)

[[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)

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

: 1. Samuel Pasco (D) : 3. Stephen R. Mallory (D), from May 14, 1897

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

: 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D) : 3. Alexander S. Clay (D)

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

: 2. George L. Shoup (R) : 3. Henry Heitfeld (P)

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

: 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) : 3. William E. Mason (R)

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

: 1. David Turpie (D) : 3. Charles W. Fairbanks (R)

[[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. Harris (P)

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

: 2. William Lindsay (D) : 3. William J. Deboe (R)

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

: 2. Donelson Caffery (D) : 3. Samuel D. McEnery (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. George L. Wellington (R)

[[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), until August 14, 1897 :: Hernando D. Money (D), from October 8, 1897 : 2. Edward C. Walthall (D), until April 21, 1898 :: William V. Sullivan (D), from May 31, 1898

[[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 (SR) : 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. Thomas C. Platt (R)

[[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), until March 4, 1897 :: Marcus A. Hanna (R), from March 5, 1897 : 3. Joseph B. Foraker (R)

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

: 2. George W. McBride (R) : 3. Joseph Simon (R), from October 7, 1898

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

: 1. Matthew S. Quay (R) : 3. Boies Penrose (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. Joseph H. Earle (D), until May 20, 1897 :: John L. McLaurin (D), from June 1, 1897

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

: 2. Richard F. Pettigrew (SR) : 3. James H. Kyle (P)

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

: 1. William B. Bate (D) : 2. Isham G. Harris (D), until July 8, 1897 :: Thomas B. Turley (D), from July 20, 1897

[[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 (SR) : 3. Joseph L. Rawlins (D)

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

: 1. Redfield Proctor (R) : 3. Justin S. Morrill (R), until December 28, 1898 :: Jonathan Ross (R), from January 11, 1899

[[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. George Turner (SR)

[[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. John C. Spooner (R)

[[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 55th Congress

The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

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

: . George W. Taylor (D) : . Jesse F. Stallings (D) : . Henry D. Clayton (D) : . Thomas S. Plowman (D), until February 9, 1898 :: William F. Aldrich (R), from February 9, 1898 : . Willis Brewer (D) : . John H. Bankhead (D) : . Milford W. Howard (P) : . Joseph Wheeler (D) : . Oscar Underwood (D)

[[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) : . Stephen Brundidge Jr. (D)

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

: . John A. Barham (R) : . Marion De Vries (D) : . Samuel G. Hilborn (R) : . James G. Maguire (D) : . Eugene F. Loud (R) : . Charles A. Barlow (P) : . Curtis H. Castle (P)

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

: . John F. Shafroth (SR) : . 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]]

: . L. Irving Handy (D)

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

: . Stephen M. Sparkman (D) : . Robert W. Davis (D)

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

: . Rufus E. Lester (D) : . James M. Griggs (D) : . Elijah B. Lewis (D) : . William C. Adamson (D) : . Leonidas F. Livingston (D) : . Charles L. Bartlett (D) : . John W. Maddox (D) : . William M. Howard (D) : . Farish C. Tate (D) : . William H. Fleming (D) : . William G. Brantley (D)

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

: . James Gunn (P)

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

: . James R. Mann (R) : . William Lorimer (R) : . Hugh R. Belknap (R) : . Daniel W. Mills (R) : . George E. White (R) : . Edward D. Cooke (R), until June 24, 1897 :: Henry S. Boutell (R), from November 23, 1897 : . George E. Foss (R) : . Albert J. Hopkins (R) : . Robert R. Hitt (R) : . George W. Prince (R) : . Walter Reeves (R) : . Joseph G. Cannon (R) : . Vespasian Warner (R) : . Joseph V. Graff (R) : . Benjamin F. Marsh (R) : . William H. Hinrichsen (D) : . James A. Connolly (R) : . Thomas M. Jett (D) : . Andrew J. Hunter (D) : . James R. Campbell (D) : . Jehu Baker (D) : . George Washington Smith (R)

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

: . James A. Hemenway (R) : . Robert W. Miers (D) : . William T. Zenor (D) : . William S. Holman (D), until April 22, 1897 :: Francis M. Griffith (D), from December 6, 1897 : . George W. Faris (R) : . Henry U. Johnson (R) : . Jesse Overstreet (R) : . Charles L. Henry (R) : . Charles B. Landis (R) : . Edgar D. Crumpacker (R) : . George W. Steele (R) : . James M. Robinson (D) : . 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) : . Mason S. Peters (P) : . Edwin R. Ridgely (P) : . Charles Curtis (R) : . William D. Vincent (P) : . Nelson B. McCormick (P) : . Jeremiah Simpson (P) : . Jeremiah D. Botkin (P)

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

: . Charles K. Wheeler (D) : . John D. Clardy (D) : . John S. Rhea (D) : . David Highbaugh Smith (D) : . Walter Evans (R) : . Albert S. Berry (D) : . Evan E. Settle (D) : . George M. Davison (R) : . Samuel J. Pugh (R) : . Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick (D) : . David G. Colson (R)

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

: . Adolph Meyer (D) : . Robert C. Davey (D) : . Robert F. Broussard (D) : . Henry W. Ogden (D) : . Samuel T. Baird (D) : . Samuel M. Robertson (D)

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

: . Thomas B. Reed (R) : . Nelson Dingley Jr. (R), until January 13, 1899 : . Seth L. Milliken (R), until April 18, 1897 :: Edwin C. Burleigh (R), from June 21, 1897 : . Charles A. Boutelle (R)

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

: . Isaac A. Barber (R) : . William B. Baker (R) : . William S. Booze (R) : . William W. McIntire (R) : . Sydney E. Mudd (R) : . John McDonald (R)

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

: . Ashley B. Wright (R), until August 14, 1897 :: George P. Lawrence (R), from November 2, 1897 : . Frederick H. Gillett (R) : . Joseph H. Walker (R) : . George W. Weymouth (R) : . William S. Knox (R) : . William H. Moody (R) : . William E. Barrett (R) : . Samuel W. McCall (R) : . John F. Fitzgerald (D) : . Samuel J. Barrows (R) : . Charles F. Sprague (R) : . William C. Lovering (R) : . John Simpkins (R), until March 27, 1898 :: William S. Greene (R), from May 31, 1898

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

: . John B. Corliss (R) : . George Spalding (R) : . Albert M. Todd (D) : . Edward L. Hamilton (R) : . William Alden Smith (R) : . Samuel W. Smith (R) : . Horace G. Snover (R) : . Ferdinand Brucker (D) : . Roswell P. Bishop (R) : . Rousseau O. Crump (R) : . William S. Mesick (R) : . Carlos D. Shelden (R)

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

: . James Albertus Tawney (R) : . James T. McCleary (R) : . Joel Heatwole (R) : . Frederick C. Stevens (R) : . Loren Fletcher (R) : . R. Page W. Morris (R) : . Frank Eddy (R)

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

: . John M. Allen (D) : . William V. Sullivan (D), until May 31, 1898 :: Thomas Spight (D), from July 5, 1898 : . Thomas C. Catchings (D) : . Andrew F. Fox (D) : . John Sharp Williams (D) : . William F. Love (D), until October 16, 1898 :: Frank A. McLain (D), from December 12, 1898 : . Patrick Henry (D)

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

: . James T. Lloyd (D), from June 1, 1897 : . Robert N. Bodine (D) : . Alexander M. Dockery (D) : . Charles F. Cochran (D) : . William S. Cowherd (D) : . David A. De Armond (D) : . James Cooney (D) : . Richard P. Bland (D) : . James Beauchamp Clark (D) : . Richard Bartholdt (R) : . Charles F. Joy (R) : . Charles E. Pearce (R) : . Edward Robb (D) : . Willard D. Vandiver (D) : . Maecenas E. Benton (D)

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

: . Charles S. Hartman (SR)

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

: . Jesse B. Strode (R) : . David H. Mercer (R) : . Samuel Maxwell (P) : . William L. Stark (P) : . Roderick D. Sutherland (P) : . William L. Greene (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) : . Frank G. Clarke (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), until January 10, 1899 : . 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]]

: . Joseph M. Belford (R) : . Denis M. Hurley (R), until February 26, 1899 : . Francis H. Wilson (R), until September 30, 1897 :: Edmund H. Driggs (D), from December 6, 1897 : . Israel F. Fischer (R) : . Charles G. Bennett (R) : . James R. Howe (R) : . John H. G. Vehslage (D) : . John M. Mitchell (R) : . Thomas J. Bradley (D) : . Amos J. Cummings (D) : . William Sulzer (D) : . George B. McClellan Jr. (D) : . Richard C. Shannon (R) : . Lemuel E. Quigg (R) : . Philip B. Low (R) : . William L. Ward (R) : . Benjamin Odell (R) : . John H. Ketcham (R) : . Aaron V. S. Cochrane (R) : . George N. Southwick (R) : . David F. Wilber (R) : . Lucius N. Littauer (R) : . Wallace T. Foote Jr. (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) : . Henry C. Brewster (R) : . Rowland B. Mahany (R) : . De Alva S. Alexander (R) : . Warren B. Hooker (R), until November 10, 1898

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

: . Harry Skinner (P) : . George H. White (R) : . John E. Fowler (P) : . William F. Strowd (P) : . William W. Kitchin (D) : . Charles H. Martin (P) : . 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]]

: . William B. Shattuc (R) : . Jacob H. Bromwell (R) : . John L. Brenner (D) : . George A. Marshall (D) : . David Meekison (D) : . Seth W. Brown (R) : . Walter L. Weaver (R) : . Archibald Lybrand (R) : . James H. Southard (R) : . Lucien J. Fenton (R) : . Charles H. Grosvenor (R) : . John J. Lentz (D) : . James A. Norton (D) : . Winfield S. Kerr (R) : . Henry C. Van Voorhis (R) : . Lorenzo Danford (R) : . John A. McDowell (D) : . Robert W. Tayler (R) : . Stephen A. Northway (R), until September 8, 1898 :: Charles W. F. Dick (R), from November 8, 1898 : . Clifton B. Beach (R) : . Theodore E. Burton (R)

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

: . Thomas H. Tongue (R) : . William R. Ellis (R)

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

: . Henry H. Bingham (R) : . Robert Adams Jr. (R) : . William McAleer (D) : . James R. Young (R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : . Thomas S. Butler (IR) : . Irving P. Wanger (R) : . William S. Kirkpatrick (R) : . Daniel Ermentrout (D) : . Marriott Brosius (R) : . William Connell (R) : . Morgan B. Williams (R) : . Charles N. Brumm (R) : . Marlin E. Olmsted (R) : . James H. Codding (R) : . Horace B. Packer (R) : . Monroe H. Kulp (R) : . Thaddeus M. Mahon (R) : . George J. Benner (D) : . Josiah D. Hicks (R) : . Edward E. Robbins (R) : . John Dalzell (R) : . William A. Stone (R), until November 9, 1898 :: William H. Graham (R), from November 29, 1898 : . Ernest F. Acheson (R) : . Joseph B. Showalter (R), from April 20, 1897 : . John C. Sturtevant (R) : . Charles W. Stone (R) : . William C. Arnold (R) : . Samuel A. Davenport (R) : . Galusha A. Grow (R)

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

: . Melville Bull (R) : . Adin B. Capron (R)

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

: . William Elliott (D) : . William J. Talbert (D) : . Asbury C. Latimer (D) : . Stanyarne Wilson (D) : . Thomas J. Strait (D) : . John L. McLaurin (D), until May 31, 1897 :: James Norton (D), from December 6, 1897 : . J. William Stokes (D)

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

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . John E. Kelley (P) : . Freeman Knowles (P)

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

: . Walter P. Brownlow (R) : . Henry R. Gibson (R) : . John A. Moon (D) : . Benton McMillin (D), until January 6, 1899 : . James D. Richardson (D) : . John W. Gaines (D) : . Nicholas N. Cox (D) : . Thetus W. Sims (D) : . Rice A. Pierce (D) : . Edward W. Carmack (D)

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

: . Thomas H. Ball (D) : . Samuel B. Cooper (D) : . Reese C. De Graffenreid (D) : . John W. Cranford (D), until March 3, 1899 : . Joseph W. Bailey (D) : . Robert E. Burke (D) : . Robert L. Henry (D) : . Samuel W. T. Lanham (D) : . Joseph D. Sayers (D), until January 16, 1899 : . Robert B. Hawley (R) : . Rudolph Kleberg (D) : . James L. Slayden (D) : . John H. Stephens (D)

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

: . William H. King (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) : . William A. Young (D), until April 26, 1898 :: Richard A. Wise (R), from April 26, 1898 : . John Lamb (D) : . Sydney P. Epes (D), until March 23, 1898 :: Robert T. Thorp (R), from March 23, 1898 : . Claude A. Swanson (D) : . Peter J. Otey (D) : . James Hay (D) : . John F. Rixey (D) : . James A. Walker (R) : . Jacob Yost (R)

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

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . William C. Jones (SR) : . James Hamilton Lewis (D)

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

: . Blackburn B. Dovener (R) : . Alston G. Dayton (R) : . Charles P. Dorr (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) : . James H. Davidson (R) : . Michael Griffin (R) : . Edward S. Minor (R) : . Alexander Stewart (R) : . John J. Jenkins (R)

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

: . John E. Osborne (D)

Non-voting members

: . Marcus A. Smith (D) : . Harvey B. Fergusson (D) : . James Y. Callahan (S)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

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

House of Representatives

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

Committees

Senate

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

House of Representatives

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

Joint committees

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

Caucuses

• Democratic (House)
• Democratic (Senate)

Employees

[[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, until 1897
  • John Russell Young, from 1897
• Public Printer of the United States: Thomas E. Benedict, until 1897
  • Francis W. Palmer, from 1897

Senate

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

House of Representatives

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

References

References

1. (May 15, 1897). "MALLORY ELECTED SENATOR.". [[The New York Times]].