56th United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1899 in the United States, 1900 in the United States, 1901 in the United States

• June 2, 1899: The Filipino Rebellion began the Philippine–American War.
• November 21, 1899: Vice President Garret Hobart died.
• January 8, 1900: President McKinley placed Alaska under military rule.
• January 17, 1900: Brigham H. Roberts was refused a seat in the United States House of Representatives because of his polygamy.
• February 5, 1900: Britain and the United States signed a treaty for the building of a Central American shipping canal through Nicaragua.
• February 16, 1900: The United States, Germany and Great Britain ratified the Tripartite Convention partitioning the Samoan Islands.
• November 6, 1900: U.S. presidential election, 1900: Republican incumbent William McKinley was reelected by defeating Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan.

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#56th United States Congress

• March 14, 1900: Gold Standard Act, Sess. 1, ch. 41,
• April 2, 1900: Foraker Act, Sess. 1, ch. 191, (Puerto Rico Civil Code)

Territory organized

• April 30, 1900: Hawaii Territory was organized, Sess. 1, ch. 339,

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

Garret Hobart}} David B. Henderson

Senate

• President: Garret Hobart (R), until November 21, 1899; vacant thereafter.
• President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: James K. Jones
• Republican Conference Chairman: William B. Allison
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Stephen M. White

House of Representatives

• Speaker: David B. Henderson (R)
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: James Hay
• Republican Conference Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon
• Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority Leader: Sereno E. Payne
• Majority Whip: James A. Tawney

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority Leader: James D. Richardson
• Minority Whip: Oscar Underwood

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 56th Congress

At this time, 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 with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1904; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1902.

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

: 2. John T. Morgan (D) : 3. Edmund W. 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. Thomas R. Bard (R), from February 7, 1900 : 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. vacant : 2. Richard R. Kenney (D)

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

: 1. Samuel Pasco (D), until April 18, 1899 :: James Taliaferro (D), from April 19, 1899 : 3. Stephen R. Mallory (D)

[[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. Albert J. Beveridge (R) : 3. Charles W. Fairbanks (R)

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

: 2. John H. Gear (R), until July 14, 1900 :: Jonathan P. Dolliver (R), from August 22, 1900 : 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. Louis E. McComas (R) : 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), until November 27, 1900 :: Charles A. Towne (D), December 5, 1900 – January 23, 1901 :: Moses E. Clapp (R), from January 23, 1901 : 2. Knute Nelson (R)

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

: 1. Hernando D. Money (D) : 2. William V. Sullivan (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. William A. Clark (D), until May 15, 1900 : 2. Thomas H. Carter (R)

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

: 1. Monroe L. Hayward (R), March 8, 1899 – December 5, 1899 :: William V. Allen (P), from December 13, 1899 : 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. John Kean Jr. (R) : 2. William J. Sewell (R)

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

: 1. Chauncey M. Depew (R) : 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. Porter J. McCumber (R) : 3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)

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

: 1. Marcus A. Hanna (R) : 3. Joseph B. Foraker (R)

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

: 2. George W. McBride (R) : 3. Joseph Simon (R)

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

: 1. Matthew S. Quay (R), from January 16, 1901 : 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. John L. McLaurin (D)

[[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. Thomas B. Turley (D)

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

: 1. Charles A. Culberson (D) : 2. Horace Chilton (D)

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

: 1. Thomas Kearns (R), from January 23, 1901 : 3. Joseph L. Rawlins (D)

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

: 1. Redfield Proctor (R) : 3. Jonathan Ross (R), until October 18, 1900 :: William P. Dillingham (R), from October 18, 1900

[[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. Addison G. Foster (R) : 3. George Turner (SR)

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

: 1. Nathan B. Scott (R) : 2. Stephen B. Elkins (R)

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

: 1. Joseph V. Quarles (R) : 3. John C. Spooner (R)

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

: 1. Clarence D. Clark (R) : 2. Francis E. Warren (R)

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House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 56th Congress

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

: . George W. Taylor (D) : . Jesse F. Stallings (D) : . Henry D. Clayton (D) : . Gaston A. Robbins (D), until March 8, 1900 :: William F. Aldrich (R), from March 8, 1900 : . Willis Brewer (D) : . John H. Bankhead (D) : . John L. Burnett (D) : . Joseph Wheeler (D), until April 20, 1900 :: William N. Richardson (D), from December 3, 1900 : . 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), until August 20, 1900 :: Samuel D. Woods (R), from December 3, 1900 : . Victor H. Metcalf (R) : . Julius Kahn (R) : . Eugene F. Loud (R) : . Russell J. Waters (R) : . James C. Needham (R)

[[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]]

: . John H. Hoffecker (R), until June 16, 1900 :: Walter O. Hoffecker (R), from November 6, 1900

[[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]]

: . Edgar Wilson (SR)

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

: . James R. Mann (R) : . William Lorimer (R) : . George P. Foster (D) : . Thomas Cusack (D) : . Edward T. Noonan (D) : . Henry S. Boutell (R) : . 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 E. Williams (D) : . Ben F. Caldwell (D) : . Thomas M. Jett (D) : . Joseph B. Crowley (D) : . James R. Williams (D) : . William A. Rodenberg (R) : . George Washington Smith (R)

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

: . James A. Hemenway (R) : . Robert W. Miers (D) : . William T. Zenor (D) : . Francis M. Griffith (D) : . George W. Faris (R) : . James E. Watson (R) : . Jesse Overstreet (R) : . George W. Cromer (R) : . Charles B. Landis (R) : . Edgar D. Crumpacker (R) : . George W. Steele (R) : . James M. Robinson (D) : . Abraham L. Brick (R)

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

: . Thomas Hedge (R) : . Joseph R. Lane (R) : . David B. Henderson (R) : . Gilbert N. Haugen (R) : . Robert G. Cousins (R) : . John F. Lacey (R) : . John A. T. Hull (R) : . William P. Hepburn (R) : . Smith McPherson (R), until June 6, 1900 :: Walter I. Smith (R), from December 3, 1900 : . Jonathan P. Dolliver (R), until August 22, 1900 :: James P. Conner (R), from December 4, 1900 : . Lot Thomas (R)

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

: . Charles Curtis (R) : . Justin De Witt Bowersock (R) : . Edwin R. Ridgely (P) : . James Monroe Miller (R) : . William A. Calderhead (R) : . William A. Reeder (R) : . Chester I. Long (R) : . Willis Joshua Bailey (R)

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

: . Charles K. Wheeler (D) : . Henry Dixon Allen (D) : . John S. Rhea (D) : . David Highbaugh Smith (D) : . Oscar Turner (D) : . Albert S. Berry (D) : . Evan E. Settle (D), until November 16, 1899 :: June Ward Gayle (D), from January 15, 1900 : . George G. Gilbert (D) : . Samuel J. Pugh (R) : . Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick (D) : . Vincent Boreing (R)

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

: . Adolph Meyer (D) : . Robert C. Davey (D) : . Robert F. Broussard (D) : . Phanor Breazeale (D) : . Samuel T. Baird (D), until April 22, 1899 :: Joseph E. Ransdell (D), from August 29, 1899 : . Samuel M. Robertson (D)

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

: . Thomas B. Reed (R), until September 4, 1899 :: Amos L. Allen (R), from November 6, 1899 : . Charles E. Littlefield (R), from June 19, 1899 : . Edwin C. Burleigh (R) : . Charles A. Boutelle (R), until March 3, 1901

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

: . John W. Smith (D), until January 12, 1900 :: Josiah Kerr (R), from November 6, 1900 : . William B. Baker (R) : . Frank C. Wachter (R) : . James W. Denny (D) : . Sydney E. Mudd (R) : . George A. Pearre (R)

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

: . George P. Lawrence (R) : . Frederick H. Gillett (R) : . John R. Thayer (D) : . George W. Weymouth (R) : . William S. Knox (R) : . William H. Moody (R) : . Ernest W. Roberts (R) : . Samuel W. McCall (R) : . John F. Fitzgerald (D) : . Henry F. Naphen (D) : . Charles F. Sprague (R) : . William C. Lovering (R) : . William S. Greene (R)

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

: . John B. Corliss (R) : . Henry C. Smith (R) : . Washington Gardner (R) : . Edward L. Hamilton (R) : . William Alden Smith (R) : . Samuel W. Smith (R) : . Edgar Weeks (R) : . Joseph W. Fordney (R) : . 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) : . Thomas Spight (D) : . Thomas C. Catchings (D) : . Andrew F. Fox (D) : . John Sharp Williams (D) : . Frank A. McLain (D) : . Patrick Henry (D)

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

: . James T. Lloyd (D) : . William W. Rucker (D) : . John Dougherty (D) : . Charles F. Cochran (D) : . William S. Cowherd (D) : . David A. De Armond (D) : . James Cooney (D) : . Richard P. Bland (D), until June 15, 1899 :: Dorsey W. Shackleford (D), from August 29, 1899 : . 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]]

: . Albert J. Campbell (D)

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

: . Elmer J. Burkett (R) : . David H. Mercer (R) : . John S. Robinson (D) : . William L. Stark (P) : . Roderick D. Sutherland (P) : . William L. Greene (P), until March 11, 1899 :: William Neville (P), from December 4, 1899

[[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) until January 9, 1901

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

: . Henry C. Loudenslager (R) : . John J. Gardner (R) : . Benjamin F. Howell (R) : . Joshua S. Salmon (D) : . James F. Stewart (R) : . Richard Wayne Parker (R) : . William D. Daly (D), until July 31, 1900 :: Allan L. McDermott (D), from December 3, 1900 : . Charles N. Fowler (R)

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

: . Townsend Scudder (D) : . John J. Fitzgerald (D) : . Edmund H. Driggs (D) : . Bertram T. Clayton (D) : . Frank E. Wilson (D) : . Mitchell May (D) : . Nicholas Muller (D) : . Daniel J. Riordan (D) : . Thomas J. Bradley (D) : . Amos J. Cummings (D) : . William Sulzer (D) : . George B. McClellan Jr. (D) : . Jefferson M. Levy (D) : . William A. Chanler (D) : . Jacob Ruppert (D) : . John Q. Underhill (D) : . Arthur S. Tompkins (R) : . John H. Ketcham (R) : . Aaron V. S. Cochrane (R) : . Martin H. Glynn (D) : . John Knox Stewart (R) : . Lucius N. Littauer (R) : . Louis W. Emerson (R) : . Charles A. Chickering (R), until February 13, 1900 :: Albert D. Shaw (R), November 6, 1900 – February 10, 1901 : . James S. Sherman (R) : . George W. Ray (R) : . Michael E. Driscoll (R) : . Sereno E. Payne (R) : . Charles W. Gillet (R) : . James W. Wadsworth (R) : . James M. E. O'Grady (R) : . William H. Ryan (D) : . De Alva S. Alexander (R) : . Edward B. Vreeland (R), from November 7, 1899

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

: . John Humphrey Small (D) : . George H. White (R) : . Charles R. Thomas (D) : . John W. Atwater (P) : . William W. Kitchin (D) : . John D. Bellamy (D) : . Theodore F. Kluttz (D) : . Romulus Z. Linney (R) : . William T. Crawford (D), until May 10, 1900 :: Richmond Pearson (R), from May 10, 1900

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

: . Burleigh F. Spalding (R)

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

: . William B. Shattuc (R) : . Jacob H. Bromwell (R) : . John L. Brenner (D) : . Robert B. Gordon (D) : . David Meekison (D) : . Seth W. Brown (R) : . Walter L. Weaver (R) : . Archibald Lybrand (R) : . James H. Southard (R) : . Stephen Morgan (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), until June 19, 1899 :: John J. Gill (R), from December 4, 1899 : . John A. McDowell (D) : . Robert W. Tayler (R) : . Charles W. F. Dick (R) : . Fremont O. Phillips (R) : . Theodore E. Burton (R)

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

: . Thomas H. Tongue (R) : . Malcolm A. Moody (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), until March 6, 1900 :: Edward D. Morrell (R), from November 6, 1900 : . Thomas S. Butler (R) : . Irving P. Wanger (R) : . Laird H. Barber (D) : . Daniel Ermentrout (D), until September 17, 1899 :: Henry D. Green (D), from November 7, 1899 : . Marriott Brosius (R) : . William Connell (R) : . Stanley W. Davenport (D) : . James W. Ryan (D) : . Marlin E. Olmsted (R) : . Charles F. Wright (R) : . Horace B. Packer (R) : . Rufus K. Polk (D) : . Thaddeus M. Mahon (R) : . Edward D. Ziegler (D) : . Joseph E. Thropp (R) : . Summers M. Jack (R) : . John Dalzell (R) : . William H. Graham (R) : . Ernest F. Acheson (R) : . Joseph B. Showalter (R) : . Athelston Gaston (D) : . Joseph C. Sibley (D) : . James K. P. Hall (D) : . 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) : . David E. Finley (D) : . James Norton (D) : . J. William Stokes (D)

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

: . Charles H. Burke (R) : . Robert J. Gamble (R)

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

: . Walter P. Brownlow (R) : . Henry R. Gibson (R) : . John A. Moon (D) : . Charles E. Snodgrass (D) : . 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 L. Sheppard (D) : . Joseph W. Bailey (D) : . Robert E. Burke (D) : . Robert L. Henry (D) : . Samuel W. T. Lanham (D) : . Albert S. Burleson (D) : . 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), from April 2, 1900

[[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 March 12, 1900 :: Richard A. Wise (R), March 12, 1900 – December 21, 1900 : . John Lamb (D) : . Sydney P. Epes (D), until March 3, 1900 :: Francis R. Lassiter (D), from April 19, 1900 : . Claude A. Swanson (D) : . Peter J. Otey (D) : . James Hay (D) : . John F. Rixey (D) : . William F. Rhea (D) : . Julian M. Quarles (D)

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

: . Francis W. Cushman (R) : . Wesley L. Jones (R)

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

: . Blackburn B. Dovener (R) : . Alston G. Dayton (R) : . David Emmons Johnston (D) : . Romeo H. Freer (R)

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

: . Henry Allen Cooper (R) : . Herman B. Dahle (R) : . Joseph W. Babcock (R) : . Theobald Otjen (R) : . Samuel S. Barney (R) : . James H. Davidson (R) : . John J. Esch (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

: . John F. Wilson (D) : . Robert W. Wilcox (Home Rule), from November 6, 1900 : . Pedro Perea (R) : . Dennis T. Flynn (R)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 7
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: 1 seat loss
  • Populist: 1 seat gain
• Deaths: 3
• Resignations: 1
• Vacancies: 5
• Interim appointments: 2
• Total seats with changes: 9

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 21
  • Democratic: 5 seat loss
  • Republican: 5 seat gain
  • Populist: no net change
• Deaths: 12
• Resignations: 7
• Contested election: 3
• New seats: 1
• Total seats with changes: 26

Committees

Senate

• United States Senate Select Committee on the Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: James H. Berry; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom)
• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Redfield Proctor; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)
• 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: Jacob H. Gallinger)
• Canadian Relations (Chairman: Mark Hanna; Ranking Member: Richard F. Pettigrew)
• Census (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
• Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Lucien Baker; Ranking Member: Horace Chilton)
• Claims (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
• Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Addison G. Foster; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Coast Defenses (Chairman: George W. McBride; Ranking Member: Marion Butler)
• Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
• Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Donelson Caffery; Ranking Member: Nelson W. Aldrich)
• Cuban Relations (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: James McMillan; Ranking Member: Nelson W. Aldrich)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: James H. Kyle; Ranking Member: Donelson Caffery)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: George F. Hoar)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member: Donelson Caffery)
• Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: George L. Wellington; Ranking Member: James K. Jones)
• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Jonathan Rose; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Turley)
• Expenditures in Executive Departments
• Finance (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: John P. Jones)
• Fisheries (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Marion Butler)
• Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: William B. Bate; Ranking Member: Orville H. Platt)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: Albert J. Beveridge; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Geological Survey (Select) (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
• Immigration (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Rawlins)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: John M. Thurston; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Indian Depredations (Chairman: William J. Deboe; Ranking Member: William Lindsay)
• Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: Joseph Simon; Ranking Member: William A. Harris)
• Industrial Expositions (Select) (Chairman: Chauncey M. Depew; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
• Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: Joseph R. Hawley)
• Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: William Lindsay)
• Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
• Library (Chairman: George P. Wetmore; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
• Manufactures (Chairman: William E. Mason; Ranking Member: William A. Harris)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph Hawley; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
• Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)
• National Banks (Select) (Chairman: John Kean; Ranking Member: Horace Chilton)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
• Nicaragua Canal (Select)
• Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: Joseph B. Foraker; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: John H. Gear; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Patents (Chairman: Jeter C. Pritchard; Ranking Member: Stephen R. Mallory)
• Pensions (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: William Lindsay)
• Philippines (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Rawlins)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Marion Butler)
• Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman: Nathan B. Scott; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
• Printing (Chairman: Thomas C. Platt; Ranking Member: James K. Jones)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale)
• Privileges and Elections (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: Donelson Caffery)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Charles W. Fairbanks; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
• Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Henry C. Hansbrough; Ranking Member: James H. Berry)
• Railroads (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
• Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: William Lindsay; Ranking Member: William J. Deboe)
• Rules (Chairman: John C. Spooner; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Territories (Chairman: George L. Shoup; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)
• Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Richard F. Pettigrew; Ranking Member: Edward O. Wolcott)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Joseph V. Quarles; Ranking Member: George Turner)
• Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Washington City Centennial (Select)
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: John W. Daniel; Ranking Member: George Frisbie Hoar)

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: Melville Bull; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett)
• Agriculture (Chairman: James W. Wadsworth; Ranking Member: John S. Williams)
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Nehemiah D. Sperry; Ranking Member: Oscar Turner)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon; Ranking Member: Leonidas F. Livingston)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Marriott Brosius; Ranking Member: Nicholas N. Cox)
• Claims (Chairman: Joseph V. Graff; Ranking Member: Edward Robb)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: James H. Southard; Ranking Member: Edwin R. Ridgely)
• Disposition of Executive Papers
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock; Ranking Member: Adolph Meyer)
• Education (Chairman: Galusha A. Grow; Ranking Member: David A. De Armond)
• Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: John B. Corliss; Ranking Member: William W. Rucker)
• Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Robert W. Tayler; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett)
• Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Walter L. Weaver; Ranking Member: James M. Robinson)
• Elections No.#3 (Chairman: William S. Mesick; Ranking Member: Robert W. Miers)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William B. Baker; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)
• Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles W. Gillet; Ranking Member: James W. Ryan)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: Thomas C. Catchings)
• Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Jonathan P. Dolliver; Ranking Member: Daniel J. Riordan)
• 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: Edward Robb)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: William A. Smith; 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: William L. Stark)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert R. Hitt; Ranking Member: Hugh A. Dinsmore)
• Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: William B. Shattuc; Ranking Member: Peter J. Otey)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: John S. Little)
• Insular Affairs (Chairman: Henry A. Cooper; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn; Ranking Member: William McAleer)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member: Robert W. Miers)
• Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Thomas H. Tongue; Ranking Member: John F. Shafroth)
• Judiciary (Chairman: George W. Ray; 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)
• Library (Chairman: Alfred C. Harmer; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings)
• Manufactures (Chairman: George W. Faris; Ranking Member: Willard D. Vandiver)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor; 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: Charles Dick; Ranking Member: William L. Stark)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: Rousseau O. Crump; Ranking Member: Farish C. Tate)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Charles A. Boutelle; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: H. Henry Powers; Ranking Member: James L. Slayden)
• Patents (Chairman: Winfield S. Kerr; 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)
• Printing (Chairman: Joel P. Heatwole; Ranking Member: Farish C. Tate)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: George W. Smith; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
• 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: Reese C. De Graffenreid)
• Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick H. Gillett; Ranking Member: Samuel M. Robertson)
• Revision of Laws (Chairman: Vespasian Warner; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)
• Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: Thomas C. Catchings)
• Rules (Chairman: John Dalzell; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: William S. Knox; Ranking Member: William McAleer)
• Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: George W. Prince; Ranking Member: David H. Smith)
• War Claims (Chairman: Thaddeus M. Mahon; Ranking Member: Patrick Henry)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson)
• Whole

Joint committees

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

Caucuses

• Democratic (House)
• Democratic (Senate)

Employees

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

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
• Librarian of Congress: John Russell Young, until 1899
  • Herbert Putnam, from 1899
• Public Printer of the United States: Francis W. Palmer

Senate

• Chaplain: William H. Millburn (Methodist)
• Secretary: William Ruffin Cox, until February 1, 1900
  • Charles G. Bennett, elected February 1, 1900
• Librarian: Alonzo M. Church
• Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright, until February 1, 1900
  • Daniel M. Ransdell, elected February 1, 1900

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Henry N. Couden (Universalist)
• Clerk: Alexander McDowell
• Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds
• Doorkeeper: William J. Glenn
• Postmaster: Joseph C. McElroy
• Reading Clerks: E. L. Sampson (D) and Dennis E. Alward (R)
• Sergeant at Arms: Benjamin F. Russell, until December 4, 1899
  • Henry Casson, from December 4, 1899

References