60th United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1907 in the United States, 1908 in the United States, 1909 in the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation, 1901–2001#60th United States Congress

• May 30, 1908 — Aldrich-Vreeland Act, ch. 229,
• 1908 — The Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), 5645 U.S.C. § 51 et seq.

States admitted

• November 16, 1907: Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state.

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• President: Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
• President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Conference Chairman: William B. Allison until August 1908
  • Eugene Hale from December 1908

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Caucus chairman: Charles A. Culberson
• Conference secretary: Robert L. Owen

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Joseph G. Cannon (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority Leader: Sereno E. Payne
• Majority Whip: James E. Watson
• Republican Conference Chair: William Peters Hepburn

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority Leader: John Sharp Williams until 1908
  • Champ Clark, from 1908
• Minority Whip: James T. Lloyd until 1908; vacant thereafter
• Caucus Chairman: Henry D. Clayton
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: James M. Griggs

Members

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Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 60th 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 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1908; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1910; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1912.

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

: 2. John T. Morgan (D), until June 11, 1907 :: John H. Bankhead (D), from June 18, 1907 : 3. Edmund Pettus (D), until July 27, 1907 :: Joseph F. Johnston (D), from August 8, 1907

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

: 2. Jeff Davis (D) : 3. James P. Clarke (D)

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

: 1. Frank P. Flint (R) : 3. George C. Perkins (R)

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

: 2. Simon Guggenheim (R) : 3. Henry M. Teller (D)

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

: 1. Morgan Bulkeley (R) : 3. Frank B. Brandegee (R)

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

: 1. Henry A. du Pont (R) : 2. Harry A. Richardson (R)

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

: 1. James Taliaferro (D) : 3. Stephen Mallory (D), until December 23, 1907 :: William J. Bryan (D), December 27, 1907 – March 22, 1908 :: William Hall Milton (D), from March 27, 1908

[[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. William E. Borah (R) : 3. Weldon B. Heyburn (R)

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

: 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) : 3. Albert J. Hopkins (R)

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

: 1. Albert J. Beveridge (R) : 3. James A. Hemenway (R)

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

: 2. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R) : 3. William B. Allison (R), until August 4, 1908 :: Albert B. Cummins (R), from November 24, 1908

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

: 2. Charles Curtis (R) : 3. Chester I. Long (R)

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

: 2. Thomas H. Paynter (D) : 3. James B. McCreary (D)

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

: 2. Murphy J. Foster (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. Isidor Rayner (D) : 3. William Pinkney Whyte (D), until March 17, 1908 :: John W. Smith (D), from March 25, 1908

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

: 1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R) : 2: Winthrop M. Crane (R)

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

: 1. Julius C. Burrows (R) : 2. William Alden Smith (R)

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

: 1. Moses E. Clapp (R) : 2. Knute Nelson (R)

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

: 1. Hernando D. Money (D) : 2. Anselm J. McLaurin (D)

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

: 1. William Warner (R) : 3. William J. Stone (D)

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

: 1. Thomas H. Carter (R) : 2. Joseph M. Dixon (R)

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

: 1. Elmer J. Burkett (R) : 2. Norris Brown (R)

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

: 1. George S. Nixon (R) : 3. Francis G. Newlands (D)

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

: 2. Henry E. Burnham (R) : 3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)

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

: 1. John Kean Jr. (R) : 2. Frank O. Briggs (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. Furnifold M. Simmons (D) : 3. Lee S. Overman (D)

[[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: Charles W. F. Dick (R) : 3. Joseph B. Foraker (R)

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

: 2. Robert L. Owen (D), from December 11, 1907 : 3. Thomas P. Gore (D), from December 11, 1907

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

: 2. Jonathan Bourne Jr. (R) : 3. Charles W. Fulton (R)

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

: 1. Philander C. Knox (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), from January 22, 1908

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

: 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D) : 3. Asbury C. Latimer (D), until February 20, 1908 :: Frank B. Gary (D), from March 6, 1908

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

: 2. Robert J. Gamble (R) : 3. Alfred B. Kittredge (R)

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

: 1. James B. Frazier (D) : 2. Robert L. Taylor (D)

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

: 1. Charles A. Culberson (D) : 2. Joseph W. Bailey (D)

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

: 1. George Sutherland (R) : 3. Reed Smoot (R)

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

: 1. Redfield Proctor (R), until March 4, 1908 :: John W. Stewart (R), March 24, 1908 – October 21, 1908 :: Carroll S. Page (R), from October 21, 1908 : 3. William P. Dillingham (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. Samuel H. Piles (R) : 3. Levi Ankeny (R)

[[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. Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R) : 3. John C. Spooner (R), until April 30, 1907 :: Isaac Stephenson (R), from May 17, 1907

[[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 60th Congress

The names of representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

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

: . George W. Taylor (D) : . Ariosto A. Wiley (D), until June 17, 1908 :: Oliver C. Wiley (D), from November 3, 1908 : . Henry D. Clayton (D) : . William B. Craig (D) : . J. Thomas Heflin (D) : . Richmond P. Hobson (D) : . John L. Burnett (D) : . William N. Richardson (D) : . Oscar Underwood (D)

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

: . Robert B. Macon (D) : . Stephen Brundidge Jr. (D) : . John C. Floyd (D) : . William B. Cravens (D) : . Charles C. Reid (D) : . Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) : . Robert M. Wallace (D)

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

: . William F. Englebright (R) : . Duncan E. McKinlay (R) : . Joseph R. Knowland (R) : . Julius Kahn (R) : . Everis A. Hayes (R) : . James C. Needham (R) : . James McLachlan (R) : . Sylvester C. Smith (R)

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

: . Robert W. Bonynge (R) : . Warren A. Haggott (R) : . George W. Cook (R)

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

: . E. Stevens Henry (R) : . Nehemiah D. Sperry (R) : . Edwin W. Higgins (R) : . Ebenezer J. Hill (R) : . George L. Lilley (R), until January 5, 1909

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

: . Hiram R. Burton (R)

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

: . Stephen M. Sparkman (D) : . Frank Clark (D) : . William B. Lamar (D)

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

: . Charles G. Edwards (D) : . James M. Griggs (D) : . Elijah B. Lewis (D) : . William C. Adamson (D) : . Leonidas F. Livingston (D) : . Charles L. Bartlett (D) : . Gordon Lee (D) : . William M. Howard (D) : . Thomas Montgomery Bell (D) : . Thomas W. Hardwick (D) : . William G. Brantley (D)

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

: . Burton L. French (R)

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

: . Martin B. Madden (R) : . James R. Mann (R) : . William W. Wilson (R) : . James T. McDermott (D) : . Adolph J. Sabath (D) : . William Lorimer (R) : . Philip Knopf (R) : . Charles McGavin (R) : . Henry S. Boutell (R) : . George E. Foss (R) : . Howard M. Snapp (R) : . Charles Eugene Fuller (R) : . Frank O. Lowden (R) : . James McKinney (R) : . George W. Prince (R) : . Joseph V. Graff (R) : . John A. Sterling (R) : . Joseph G. Cannon (R) : . William B. McKinley (R) : . Henry T. Rainey (D) : . Ben F. Caldwell (D) : . William A. Rodenberg (R) : . Martin D. Foster (D) : . Pleasant T. Chapman (R) : . George Washington Smith (R), until November 30, 1907 :: Napoleon B. Thistlewood (R), from February 15, 1908

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

: . John H. Foster (R) : . John C. Chaney (R) : . William E. Cox (D) : . Lincoln Dixon (D) : . Elias S. Holliday (R) : . James E. Watson (R) : . Jesse Overstreet (R) : . John A.M. Adair (D) : . Charles B. Landis (R) : . Edgar D. Crumpacker (R) : . George W. Rauch (D) : . Clarence C. Gilhams (R) : . Abraham L. Brick (R), until April 7, 1908 :: Henry A. Barnhart (D), from November 3, 1908

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

: . Charles A. Kennedy (R) : . Albert F. Dawson (R) : . Benjamin P. Birdsall (R) : . Gilbert N. Haugen (R) : . Robert G. Cousins (R) : . Daniel W. Hamilton (D) : . John A. T. Hull (R) : . William P. Hepburn (R) : . Walter I. Smith (R) : . James P. Conner (R) : . Elbert H. Hubbard (R)

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

: . Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (R), from May 23, 1907 : . Charles Frederick Scott (R) : . Philip P. Campbell (R) : . James Monroe Miller (R) : . William A. Calderhead (R) : . William A. Reeder (R) : . Edmond H. Madison (R) : . Victor Murdock (R)

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

: . Ollie M. James (D) : . Augustus Stanley (D) : . Addison James (R) : . Ben Johnson (D) : . J. Swagar Sherley (D) : . Joseph L. Rhinock (D) : . William P. Kimball (D) : . Harvey Helm (D) : . Joseph B. Bennett (R) : . John W. Langley (R) : . Don C. Edwards (R)

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

: . Adolph Meyer (D), until March 8, 1908 :: Albert Estopinal (D), from November 3, 1908 : . Robert C. Davey (D), until December 26, 1908 : . Robert F. Broussard (D) : . John Thomas Watkins (D) : . Joseph E. Ransdell (D) : . George K. Favrot (D) : . Arsène Paulin Pujó (D)

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

: . Amos L. Allen (R) : . Charles E. Littlefield (R), until September 30, 1908 :: John P. Swasey (R), from November 3, 1908 : . Edwin C. Burleigh (R) : . Llewellyn Powers (R), until July 28, 1908 :: Frank E. Guernsey (R), from November 3, 1908

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

: . William Humphreys Jackson (R) : . J. Frederick C. Talbott (D) : . Harry B. Wolf (D) : . John Gill Jr. (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) : . Charles G. Washburn (R) : . Charles Q. Tirrell (R) : . Butler Ames (R) : . Augustus P. Gardner (R) : . Ernest W. Roberts (R) : . Samuel W. McCall (R) : . John A. Keliher (D) : . Joseph F. O'Connell (D) : . Andrew J. Peters (D) : . John W. Weeks (R) : . William S. Greene (R) : . William C. Lovering (R)

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

: . Edwin C. Denby (R) : . Charles E. Townsend (R) : . Washington Gardner (R) : . Edward L. Hamilton (R) : . Gerrit J. Diekema (R), from March 17, 1908 : . Samuel W. Smith (R) : . Henry McMorran (R) : . Joseph W. Fordney (R) : . James C. McLaughlin (R) : . George A. Loud (R) : . Archibald B. Darragh (R) : . H. Olin Young (R)

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

: . James Albertus Tawney (R) : . Winfield Scott Hammond (D) : . Charles Russell Davis (R) : . Frederick C. Stevens (R) : . Frank Nye (R) : . Charles August Lindbergh (R) : . Andrew Volstead (R) : . James Bede (R) : . Halvor Steenerson (R)

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

: . Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D) : . Thomas Spight (D) : . Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D) : . Wilson S. Hill (D) : . Adam M. Byrd (D) : . Eaton J. Bowers (D) : . Frank A. McLain (D) : . John Sharp Williams (D)

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

: . James T. Lloyd (D) : . William W. Rucker (D) : . Joshua Willis Alexander (D) : . Charles F. Booher (D) : . Edgar C. Ellis (R) : . David A. De Armond (D) : . Courtney W. Hamlin (D) : . Dorsey W. Shackleford (D) : . James Beauchamp Clark (D) : . Richard Bartholdt (R) : . Henry S. Caulfield (R) : . Harry M. Coudrey (R) : . Madison R. Smith (D) : . Joseph J. Russell (D) : . Thomas Hackney (D) : . J. Robert Lamar (D)

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

: . Charles N. Pray (R)

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

: . Ernest M. Pollard (R) : . Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D) : . John Frank Boyd (R) : . Edmund H. Hinshaw (R) : . George W. Norris (R) : . Moses P. Kinkaid (R)

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

: . George A. Bartlett (D)

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

: . Cyrus Adams Sulloway (R) : . Frank Dunklee Currier (R)

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

: . Henry C. Loudenslager (R) : . John J. Gardner (R) : . Benjamin F. Howell (R) : . Ira W. Wood (R) : . Charles N. Fowler (R) : . William Hughes (D) : . Richard Wayne Parker (R) : . Le Gage Pratt (D) : . Eugene W. Leake (D) : . James A. Hamill (D)

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

: . William W. Cocks (R) : . George H. Lindsay (D) : . Charles T. Dunwell (R), until June 12, 1908 :: Otto G. Foelker (R), from November 3, 1908 : . Charles B. Law (R) : . George E. Waldo (R) : . William M. Calder (R) : . John J. Fitzgerald (D) : . Daniel J. Riordan (D) : . Henry M. Goldfogle (D) : . William Sulzer (D) : . Charles V. Fornes (D) : . W. Bourke Cockran (D) : . Herbert Parsons (R) : . William Willett Jr. (D) : . J. Van Vechten Olcott (R) : . Francis B. Harrison (D) : . William S. Bennet (R) : . Joseph A. Goulden (D) : . John E. Andrus (R) : . Thomas W. Bradley (R) : . Samuel McMillan (R) : . William H. Draper (R) : . George N. Southwick (R) : . George W. Fairchild (R) : . Cyrus Durey (R) : . George R. Malby (R) : . James S. Sherman (R) : . Charles L. Knapp (R) : . Michael E. Driscoll (R) : . John W. Dwight (R) : . Sereno E. Payne (R) : . James B. Perkins (R) : . J. Sloat Fassett (R) : . Peter A. Porter (R) : . William H. Ryan (D) : . De Alva S. Alexander (R) : . Edward B. Vreeland (R)

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

: . John Humphrey Small (D) : . Claude Kitchin (D) : . Charles R. Thomas (D) : . Edward W. Pou (D) : . William W. Kitchin (D), until January 11, 1909 : . Hannibal L. Godwin (D) : . Robert N. Page (D) : . Richard N. Hackett (D) : . Edwin Y. Webb (D) : . William T. Crawford (D)

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

: . Thomas Frank Marshall (R) : . Asle Gronna (R)

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

: . Nicholas Longworth (R) : . Herman P. Goebel (R) : . J. Eugene Harding (R) : . William E. Tou Velle (D) : . Timothy T. Ansberry (D) : . Matthew R. Denver (D) : . J. Warren Keifer (R) : . Ralph D. Cole (R) : . Isaac R. Sherwood (D) : . Henry T. Bannon (R) : . Albert Douglas (R) : . Edward L. Taylor Jr. (R) : . Grant E. Mouser (R) : . J. Ford Laning (R) : . Beman G. Dawes (R) : . Capell L. Weems (R) : . William A. Ashbrook (D) : . James Kennedy (R) : . W. Aubrey Thomas (R) : . L. Paul Howland (R) : . Theodore E. Burton (R), until March 3, 1909

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

: . Bird Segle McGuire (R), from November 16, 1907 : . Elmer L. Fulton (D), from November 16, 1907 : . James S. Davenport (D), from November 16, 1907 : . Charles D. Carter (D), from November 16, 1907 : . Scott Ferris (D), from November 16, 1907

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

: . Willis C. Hawley (R) : . William R. Ellis (R)

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

: . Henry H. Bingham (R) : . John E. Reyburn (R), until March 31, 1907 :: Joel Cook (R), from November 5, 1907 : . J. Hampton Moore (R) : . Reuben O. Moon (R) : . William W. Foulkrod (R) : . George D. McCreary (R) : . Thomas S. Butler (R) : . Irving P. Wanger (R) : . Henry B. Cassel (R) : . Thomas D. Nicholls (ID) : . John T. Lenahan (D) : . Charles N. Brumm (R), until January 4, 1909 : . John H. Rothermel (D) : . George W. Kipp (D) : . William B. Wilson (D) : . John G. McHenry (D) : . Benjamin K. Focht (R) : . Marlin E. Olmsted (R) : . John M. Reynolds (R) : . Daniel F. Lafean (R) : . Charles F. Barclay (R) : . George F. Huff (R) : . Allen F. Cooper (R) : . Ernest F. Acheson (R) : . Arthur L. Bates (R) : . J. Davis Brodhead (D) : . Joseph G. Beale (R) : . Nelson P. Wheeler (R) : . William H. Graham (R) : . John Dalzell (R) : . James F. Burke (R) : . Andrew J. Barchfeld (R)

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

: . Daniel L. D. Granger (D), until February 14, 1909 : . Adin B. Capron (R)

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

: . George S. Legare (D) : . James O. Patterson (D) : . Wyatt Aiken (D) : . Joseph T. Johnson (D) : . David E. Finley (D) : . J. Edwin Ellerbe (D) : . Asbury F. Lever (D)

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

: . Philo Hall (R) : . William H. Parker (R), until June 26, 1908 :: Eben Martin (R), from November 3, 1908

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

: . Walter P. Brownlow (R) : . Nathan W. Hale (R) : . John A. Moon (D) : . Cordell Hull (D) : . William C. Houston (D) : . John W. Gaines (D) : . Lemuel P. Padgett (D) : . Thetus W. Sims (D) : . Finis J. Garrett (D) : . George W. Gordon (D)

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

: . Morris Sheppard (D) : . Samuel B. Cooper (D) : . Gordon J. Russell (D) : . Choice B. Randell (D) : . James Andrew Beall (D) : . Rufus Hardy (D) : . Alexander W. Gregg (D) : . John M. Moore (D) : . George Farmer Burgess (D) : . Albert S. Burleson (D) : . Robert L. Henry (D) : . Oscar W. Gillespie (D) : . John H. Stephens (D) : . James L. Slayden (D) : . John Nance Garner (D) : . William R. Smith (D)

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

: . Joseph Howell (R)

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

: . David J. Foster (R) : . Kittredge Haskins (R)

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

: . William A. Jones (D) : . Harry L. Maynard (D) : . John Lamb (D) : . Francis R. Lassiter (D) : . Edward W. Saunders (D) : . Carter Glass (D) : . James Hay (D) : . Charles Creighton Carlin (D), from November 5, 1907 : . Campbell Slemp (R), until October 13, 1907 :: C. Bascom Slemp (R), from December 17, 1907 : . Henry D. Flood (D)

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

: . Wesley Livsey Jones (R) : . Francis W. Cushman (R) : . William E. Humphrey (R)

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

: . William P. Hubbard (R) : . George Cookman Sturgiss (R) : . Joseph Holt Gaines (R) : . Harry C. Woodyard (R) : . James Anthony Hughes (R)

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

: . Henry Allen Cooper (R) : . John M. Nelson (R) : . James William Murphy (D) : . William J. Cary (R) : . William H. Stafford (R) : . Charles H. Weisse (D) : . John J. Esch (R) : . James H. Davidson (R) : . Gustav Küstermann (R) : . Elmer A. Morse (R) : . John J. Jenkins (R)

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

: . Franklin W. Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

: . Thomas Cale (I) : . Marcus Aurelius Smith (D) : . Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole (R) : . William Henry Andrews (R) : . Benito Legarda y Tuason (Fed., R), from November 22, 1907 : . Pablo Ocampo (D), from November 22, 1907 : . Tulio Larrínaga (Resident Commissioner) (Unionist)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 10
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
• Deaths: 8
• Resignations: 1
• Vacancy: 1
• **Total seats with changes: ** 11

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 13
  • Democratic: 4 seat gain
  • Republican: 2 seat loss
• Deaths: 10
• Resignations: 7
• Contested elections: 0
• New seats: 7
• Total seats with changes: 20

Committees

Senate

• Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Thomas S. Martin)
• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Redfield Proctor; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
• Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John Kean; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
• Canadian Relations (Chairman: Winthrop Murray Crane; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
• Census (Chairman: Chester I. Long; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
• Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
• Claims (Chairman: Charles W. Fulton; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
• Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Samuel H. Piles; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
• Coast Defenses (Chairman: George S. Nixon; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
• Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Samuel D. McEnery; Ranking Member: Nelson W. Aldrich)
• Cuban Relations (Chairman: Henry E. Burnham; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) (Chairman: Hernando D. Money)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: Jonathan P. Dolliver; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: Alfred B. Kittredge)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Albert J. Hopkins; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster)
• Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: James A. Hemenway; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
• Examination of Disposition of Documents (Select)
• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Joseph M. Dixon; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
• Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Select) (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
• Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: Hernando D. Money; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Select) (Chairman: Harry A. Richardson; Ranking Member: James B. McCreary)
• Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Select) (Chairman: Norris Brown; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Select) (Chairman: Simon Guggenheim; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin then Benjamin R. Tillman)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Select) (Chairman: Frank O. Briggs; Ranking Member: William Pinkney Whyte then James P. Clarke)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Select) (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money then Murphy J. Foster Jr.)
• Finance (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
• Fisheries (Chairman: Jonathan Bourne Jr.; Ranking Member: Stephen R. Mallory then Samuel D. McEnery)
• Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Alfred B. Kittredge)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
• Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: Frank B. Brandegee; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
• Geological Survey (Chairman: Frank P. Flint; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
• Immigration (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
• Indian Depredations (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
• Industrial Expositions (Chairman: William Warner; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
• Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Alfred B. Kittredge; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
• Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
• Investigate the Condition of the Potomac River Front at Washington (Select) (Chairman: Joseph H. Millard; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
• Irrigation (Chairman: Levi Ankeny; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
• Library (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: Charles Dick; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
• Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
• National Banks (Select) (Chairman: William A. Smith)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
• Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
• Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: Joseph B. Foraker; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Elmer J. Burkett; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
• Patents (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Pensions (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
• Philippines (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
• Potomac River Front (Select)
• Printing (Chairman: Thomas C. Platt; Ranking Member: William Pinkney Whyte)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale)
• Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: Josiah W. Bailey)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Nathan B. Scott; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
• Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: John W. Daniel; Ranking Member: Chauncey M. Depew)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Henry C. Hansbrough; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
• Railroads (Chairman: Morgan G. Bulkeley; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
• Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Chauncey M. Depew; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: James P. Taliaferro; Ranking Member: William A. Smith)
• Rules (Chairman: Philander C. Knox; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
• Standards, Weights and Measures (Select) (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: James B. McCreary)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Territories (Chairman: Albert J. Beveridge; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
• Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Samuel D. McEnery; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Robert J. Gamble; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
• Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: George Sutherland; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark)
• Ventilation and Acoustics (Select)
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Alexander S. Clay; Ranking Member: N/A)

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: James A. Hughes; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett)
• Agriculture (Chairman: Charles Frederick Scott; Ranking Member: John Lamb)
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Nehemiah D. Sperry; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Appropriations (Chairman: James A. Tawney; Ranking Member: Leonidas Livingston)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Charles N. Fowler; Ranking Member: Elijah B. Lewis)
• Bills and Resolutions Introduced in the House (Select)
• Census (Chairman: Edgar D. Crumpacker; Ranking Member: James Hay)
• Claims (Chairman: James M. Miller; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William B. McKinley; Ranking Member: John W. Gaines)
• Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Arthur L. Bates; Ranking Member: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Samuel W. Smith; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
• Education (Chairman: George N. Southwick; Ranking Member: Asbury F. Lever)
• Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Joseph H. Gaines; Ranking Member: William W. Rucker)
• Elections No.#1 (Chairman: James R. Mann; Ranking Member: Ollie M. James)
• Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Marlin E. Olmsted; Ranking Member: Adam M. Byrd)
• Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Michael E. Driscoll; Ranking Member: Claude Kitchin)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William W. Wilson; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
• Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles E. Littlefield; Ranking Member: Henry D. Flood)
• Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman: David J. Foster; Ranking Member: Arsene Pujo)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Sydney E. Mudd; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
• Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Gilbert N. Haugen; Ranking Member: Robert N. Page)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Henry S. Boutell; Ranking Member: Lemuel P. Padgett)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Irving P. Wanger; Ranking Member: Carter Glass)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: John W. Weeks; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Cooper)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Philip Knopf; Ranking Member: John Lamb)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: George P. Lawrence; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Rhinock)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: E. Stevens Henry; Ranking Member: John H. Small)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert G. Cousins; Ranking Member: William M. Howard)
• Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Benjamin F. Howell; Ranking Member: John L. Burnett)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: John H. Stephens)
• Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: Augustus P. Gardner; Ranking Member: Harry L. Maynard)
• Insular Affairs (Chairman: Henry Allen Cooper; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn; Ranking Member: Robert C. Davey)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member: George H. Lindsay)
• Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: William A. Reeder; Ranking Member: William R. Smith)
• Judiciary (Chairman: John J. Jenkins; Ranking Member: David A. De Armond)
• Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
• Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: George W. Prince; Ranking Member: Robert F. Broussard)
• Library (Chairman: Samuel W. McCall; Ranking Member: William M. Howard)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Henry McMorran; Ranking Member: Charles H. Weisse)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: William S. Greene; Ranking Member: Thomas Spight)
• Mileage (Chairman: Charles N. Brumm; Ranking Member: Elijah B. Lewis)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
• Militia (Chairman: Halvor Steenerson; Ranking Member: Ariosto A. Wiley)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: George F. Huff; Ranking Member: Gordon Lee)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: George E. Foss; Ranking Member: Adolph Meyer)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Thomas S. Butler; Ranking Member: James L. Slayden)
• Patents (Chairman: Frank D. Currier; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
• Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: William Richardson)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Jesse Overstreet; Ranking Member: John A. Moon)
• Printing (Chairman: Charles B. Landis; Ranking Member: David E. Finley)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Thomas F. Marshall; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt; Ranking Member: William G. Brantley)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Frank W. Mondell; Ranking Member: John W. Gaines)
• Railways and Canals (Chairman: James H. Davidson; Ranking Member: James O. Patterson)
• Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick H. Gillett; Ranking Member: William P. Kimball)
• Revision of Laws (Chairman: Reuben O. Moon; Ranking Member: Robert B. Macon)
• Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: Stephen M. Sparkman)
• Rules (Chairman: John Dalzell; Ranking Member: John S. Williams)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: Edward L. Hamilton; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)
• Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: William H. Graham; Ranking Member: N/A)
• War Claims (Chairman: Kittredge Haskins; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: Champ Clark)
• 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: Elliott Woods
• Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
• Public Printer of the United States: Charles A. Stillings, until 1908
  • John S. Leech, 1908
  • Samuel B. Donnelly, from 1908

Senate

• Secretary: Charles G. Bennett
• Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell
• Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
• Chaplain: Edward E. Hale, Unitarian

House of Representatives

• Clerk: Alexander McDowell
• Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson
• Doorkeeper: Frank B. Lyon
• Postmaster: Samuel Langum, elected December 2, 1907
• Reading Clerks: E.L. Sampson (D) and Dennis E. Alward (R)
• Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds
• Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist

References

References

1. Walgren, John A.. (1916). "Federal Employers' Liability Act: practitioner's manual". T.H. Flood.