54th United States Congress

The 54th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1895, to March 4, 1897, during the last two years of Grover Cleveland's second presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1890 United States census. The House had a Republican majority, and the Republicans were the largest party in the Senate.

Major legislation

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

States admitted

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

Party summary
This count identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

 * President: Adlai E. Stevenson (D)
 * President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

 * Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman

Minority (Democratic) leadership

 * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Arthur P. Gorman

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Thomas B. Reed (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

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

Minority (Democratic) leadership

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

Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.
 * Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1896.

Alabama

 * 2. John T. Morgan (D)
 * 3. James L. Pugh (D)

Arkansas

 * 2. James H. Berry (D)
 * 3. James K. Jones (D)

California

 * 1. Stephen M. White (D)
 * 3. George C. Perkins (R)

Colorado

 * 2. Edward O. Wolcott (R)
 * 3. Henry M. Teller (R)

Connecticut

 * 1. Joseph R. Hawley (R)
 * 3. Orville H. Platt (R)

Delaware

 * 1. George Gray (D)
 * 2. Richard R. Kenney (D), from January 19, 1897

Florida

 * 1. Samuel Pasco (D)
 * 3. Wilkinson Call (D)

Georgia

 * 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)
 * 3. John B. Gordon (D)

Idaho

 * 2. George L. Shoup (R)
 * 3. Fred T. Dubois (R)

Illinois

 * 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R)
 * 3. John McAuley Palmer (D)

Indiana

 * 1. David Turpie (D)
 * 3. Daniel W. Voorhees (D)

Iowa

 * 2. John H. Gear (R)
 * 3. William B. Allison (R)

Kansas

 * 2. Lucien Baker (R)
 * 3. William A. Peffer (P)

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

 * 2. Donelson Caffery (D)
 * 3. Newton C. Blanchard (D)

Maine

 * 1. Eugene Hale (R)
 * 2. William P. Frye (R)

Maryland

 * 1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D)
 * 3. Charles H. Gibson (D)

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

 * 1. Julius C. Burrows (R)
 * 2. James McMillan (R)

Minnesota

 * 1. Cushman K. Davis (R)
 * 2. Knute Nelson (R)

Mississippi

 * 1. James Z. George (D)
 * 2. Edward C. Walthall (D)

Missouri

 * 1. Francis Cockrell (D)
 * 3. George G. Vest (D)

Montana

 * 1. Lee Mantle (R)
 * 2. Thomas H. Carter (R)

Nebraska

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

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

 * 2. William E. Chandler (R)
 * 3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)

New Jersey

 * 1. James Smith Jr. (D)
 * 2. William J. Sewell (R)

New York

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

North Carolina

 * 2. Marion Butler (P)
 * 3. Jeter C. Pritchard (R)

North Dakota

 * 1. William N. Roach (D)
 * 3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)

Ohio

 * 1. John Sherman (R)
 * 3. Calvin S. Brice (D)

Oregon

 * 2. George W. McBride (R)
 * 3. John H. Mitchell (R)

Pennsylvania

 * 1. Matthew S. Quay (R)
 * 3. J. Donald Cameron (R)

Rhode Island

 * 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
 * 2. George P. Wetmore (R)

South Carolina

 * 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
 * 3. John L. M. Irby (D)

South Dakota

 * 2. Richard F. Pettigrew (R)
 * 3. James H. Kyle (P)

Tennessee

 * 1. William B. Bate (D)
 * 2. Isham G. Harris (D)

Texas

 * 1. Roger Q. Mills (D)
 * 2. Horace Chilton (D)

Utah

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

Vermont

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

Virginia

 * 1. John W. Daniel (D)
 * 2. Thomas S. Martin (D)

Washington

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

West Virginia

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

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

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



House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

 * Alabama's 1st congressional district. Richard H. Clarke (D)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district. Jesse F. Stallings (D)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district. George P. Harrison (D)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district. Gaston A. Robbins (D), until March 13, 1896
 * William F. Aldrich (R), from March 13, 1896
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. James E. Cobb (D), until April 21, 1896
 * Albert T. Goodwyn (P), from April 22, 1896
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district. John H. Bankhead (D)
 * Alabama's 7th congressional district. Milford W. Howard (P)
 * Alabama's 8th congressional district. Joseph Wheeler (D)
 * Alabama's 9th congressional district. Oscar Underwood (D), until June 9, 1896
 * Truman H. Aldrich (R), from June 9, 1896

Arkansas

 * Arkansas's 1st congressional district. Philip D. McCulloch Jr. (D)
 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district. John S. Little (D)
 * Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. Thomas C. McRae (D)
 * Arkansas's 4th congressional district. William L. Terry (D)
 * Arkansas's 5th congressional district. Hugh A. Dinsmore (D)
 * Arkansas's 6th congressional district. Robert Neill (D)

California

 * California's 1st congressional district. John A. Barham (R)
 * California's 2nd congressional district. Grove L. Johnson (R)
 * California's 3rd congressional district. Samuel G. Hilborn (R)
 * California's 4th congressional district. James G. Maguire (D)
 * California's 5th congressional district. Eugene F. Loud (R)
 * California's 6th congressional district. James McLachlan (R)
 * California's 7th congressional district. William W. Bowers (R)

Colorado

 * Colorado's 1st congressional district. John F. Shafroth (R)
 * Colorado's 2nd congressional district. John C. Bell (P)

Connecticut

 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. E. Stevens Henry (R)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. Charles A. Russell (R)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district. Ebenezer J. Hill (R)

Delaware

 * Delaware's at-large congressional district. Jonathan S. Willis (R)

Florida

 * Florida's 1st congressional district. Stephen M. Sparkman (D)
 * Florida's 2nd congressional district. Charles M. Cooper (D)

Georgia

 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. Rufus E. Lester (D)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. Benjamin E. Russell (D)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Charles F. Crisp (D), until October 23, 1896
 * Charles R. Crisp (D), from December 19, 1896
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district. Charles L. Moses (D)
 * Georgia's 5th congressional district. Leonidas F. Livingston (D)
 * Georgia's 6th congressional district. Charles L. Bartlett (D)
 * Georgia's 7th congressional district. John W. Maddox (D)
 * Georgia's 8th congressional district. Thomas G. Lawson (D)
 * Georgia's 9th congressional district. Farish C. Tate (D)
 * Georgia's 10th congressional district. James C. C. Black (D), until March 4, 1895
 * James C. C. Black (D), from October 2, 1895
 * Georgia's 11th congressional district. Henry G. Turner (D)

Idaho

 * Idaho's at-large congressional district. Edgar Wilson (R)

Illinois

 * Illinois's 1st congressional district. J. Frank Aldrich (R)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district. William Lorimer (R)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district. Lawrence E. McGann (D), until December 27, 1895
 * Hugh R. Belknap (R), from December 27, 1895
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district. Charles W. Woodman (R)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district. George E. White (R)
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district. Edward D. Cooke (R)
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district. George E. Foss (R)
 * Illinois's 8th congressional district. Albert J. Hopkins (R)
 * Illinois's 9th congressional district. Robert R. Hitt (R)
 * Illinois's 10th congressional district. George W. Prince (R), from December 2, 1895
 * Illinois's 11th congressional district. Walter Reeves (R)
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district. Vespasian Warner (R)
 * Illinois's 14th congressional district. Joseph V. Graff (R)
 * Illinois's 15th congressional district. Benjamin F. Marsh (R)
 * Illinois's 16th congressional district. Finis E. Downing (D), until June 5, 1896
 * John I. Rinaker (R), from June 5, 1896
 * Illinois's 17th congressional district. James A. Connolly (R)
 * Illinois's 18th congressional district. Frederick Remann (R), until July 14, 1895
 * William F. L. Hadley (R), from December 2, 1895
 * Illinois's 19th congressional district. Benson Wood (R)
 * Illinois's 20th congressional district. Orlando Burrell (R)
 * Illinois's 21st congressional district. Everett J. Murphy (R)
 * Illinois's 22nd congressional district. George Washington Smith (R)

Indiana

 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. James A. Hemenway (R)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. Alexander M. Hardy (R)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. Robert J. Tracewell (R)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. James E. Watson (R)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. Jesse Overstreet (R)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. Henry U. Johnson (R)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. Charles L. Henry (R)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. George W. Faris (R)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district. J. Frank Hanly (R)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district. Jethro A. Hatch (R)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district. George W. Steele (R)
 * Indiana's 12th congressional district. Jacob D. Leighty (R)
 * Indiana's 13th congressional district. Lemuel W. Royse (R)

Iowa

 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. Samuel M. Clark (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district. George M. Curtis (R)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district. David B. Henderson (R)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district. Thomas Updegraff (R)
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district. Robert G. Cousins (R)
 * Iowa's 6th congressional district. John F. Lacey (R)
 * Iowa's 7th congressional district. John A. T. Hull (R)
 * Iowa's 8th congressional district. William P. Hepburn (R)
 * Iowa's 9th congressional district. Alva L. Hager (R)
 * Iowa's 10th congressional district. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)
 * Iowa's 11th congressional district. George D. Perkins (R)

Kansas

 * Kansas's 1st congressional district. Case Broderick (R)
 * Kansas's 2nd congressional district. Orrin L. Miller (R)
 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district. Snyder S. Kirkpatrick (R)
 * Kansas's 4th congressional district. Charles Curtis (R)
 * Kansas's 5th congressional district. William A. Calderhead (R)
 * Kansas's 6th congressional district. William Baker (P)
 * Kansas's 7th congressional district. Chester I. Long (R)
 * Kansas's at-large congressional district. Richard W. Blue (R)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. John K. Hendrick (D)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. John D. Clardy (D)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. W. Godfrey Hunter (R)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. John W. Lewis (R)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Walter Evans (R)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Albert S. Berry (D)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. William C. Owens (D)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district. James B. McCreary (D)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district. Samuel J. Pugh (R)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district. Joseph M. Kendall (D), until February 18, 1897
 * Nathan T. Hopkins (R), from February 18, 1897
 * Kentucky's 11th congressional district. David G. Colson (R)

Louisiana

 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. Adolph Meyer (D)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Charles F. Buck (D)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Andrew Price (D)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Henry W. Ogden (D)
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district. Charles J. Boatner (D), until March 20, 1896
 * Charles J. Boatner (D), from June 10, 1896
 * Louisiana's 6th congressional district. Samuel M. Robertson (D)

Maine

 * Maine's 1st congressional district. Thomas B. Reed (R)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. Nelson Dingley Jr. (R)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district. Seth L. Milliken (R)
 * Maine's 4th congressional district. Charles A. Boutelle (R)

Maryland

 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Joshua W. Miles (D)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. William B. Baker (R)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. Henry W. Rusk (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. John K. Cowen (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Charles E. Coffin (R)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. George L. Wellington (R)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Ashley B. Wright (R)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Frederick H. Gillett (R)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Joseph H. Walker (R)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Lewis D. Apsley (R)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. William S. Knox (R)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. William Cogswell (R), until May 22, 1895
 * William H. Moody (R), from November 5, 1895
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. William E. Barrett (R)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. Samuel W. McCall (R)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. John F. Fitzgerald (D)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. Harrison H. Atwood (R)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. William F. Draper (R)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. Elijah A. Morse (R)
 * Massachusetts's 13th congressional district. John Simpkins (R)

Michigan

 * Michigan's 1st congressional district. John B. Corliss (R)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district. George Spalding (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district. Alfred Milnes (R), from December 2, 1895
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district. Henry F. Thomas (R)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. William Alden Smith (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. David D. Aitken (R)
 * Michigan's 7th congressional district. Horace G. Snover (R)
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district. William S. Linton (R)
 * Michigan's 9th congressional district. Roswell P. Bishop (R)
 * Michigan's 10th congressional district. Rousseau O. Crump (R)
 * Michigan's 11th congressional district. John Avery (R)
 * Michigan's 12th congressional district. Samuel M. Stephenson (R)

Minnesota

 * Minnesota's 1st congressional district. James Albertus Tawney (R)
 * Minnesota's 2nd congressional district. James T. McCleary (R)
 * Minnesota's 3rd congressional district. Joel Heatwole (R)
 * Minnesota's 4th congressional district. Andrew R. Kiefer (R)
 * Minnesota's 5th congressional district. Loren Fletcher (R)
 * Minnesota's 6th congressional district. Charles A. Towne (R)
 * Minnesota's 7th congressional district. Frank Eddy (R)

Mississippi

 * Mississippi's 1st congressional district. John M. Allen (D)
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district. John C. Kyle (D)
 * Mississippi's 3rd congressional district. Thomas C. Catchings (D)
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district. Hernando D. Money (D)
 * Mississippi's 5th congressional district. John Sharp Williams (D)
 * Mississippi's 6th congressional district. Walter McKennon Denny (D)
 * Mississippi's 7th congressional district. James G. Spencer (D)

Missouri

 * Missouri's 1st congressional district. Charles N. Clark (R)
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district. Uriel S. Hall (D)
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district. Alexander M. Dockery (D)
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district. George C. Crowther (R)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district. John C. Tarsney (D), until February 27, 1896
 * Robert T. Van Horn (R), from February 27, 1896
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district. David A. De Armond (D)
 * Missouri's 7th congressional district. John P. Tracey (R)
 * Missouri's 8th congressional district. Joel D. Hubbard (R)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district. William M. Treloar (R)
 * Missouri's 10th congressional district. Richard Bartholdt (R)
 * Missouri's 11th congressional district. Charles F. Joy (R)
 * Missouri's 12th congressional district. Seth W. Cobb (D)
 * Missouri's 13th congressional district. John H. Raney (R)
 * Missouri's 14th congressional district. Norman A. Mozley (R)
 * Missouri's 15th congressional district. Charles G. Burton (R)

Montana

 * Montana's at-large congressional district. Charles S. Hartman (R)

Nebraska

 * Nebraska's 1st congressional district. Jesse B. Strode (R)
 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. David H. Mercer (R)
 * Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. George D. Meiklejohn (R)
 * Nebraska's 4th congressional district. Eugene J. Hainer (R)
 * Nebraska's 5th congressional district. William E. Andrews (R)
 * Nebraska's 6th congressional district. Omer M. Kem (P)

Nevada

 * Nevada's at-large congressional district. Francis G. Newlands (S)

New Hampshire

 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. Cyrus A. Sulloway (R)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. Henry M. Baker (R)

New Jersey

 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district. Henry C. Loudenslager (R)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district. John J. Gardner (R)
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. Benjamin F. Howell (R)
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district. Mahlon Pitney (R)
 * New Jersey's 5th congressional district. James F. Stewart (R)
 * New Jersey's 6th congressional district. Richard Wayne Parker (R)
 * New Jersey's 7th congressional district. Thomas McEwan Jr. (R)
 * New Jersey's 8th congressional district. Charles N. Fowler (R)

New York

 * New York's 1st congressional district. Richard Cunningham McCormick (R)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. Denis M. Hurley (R)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Francis H. Wilson (R)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Israel F. Fischer (R)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Charles G. Bennett (R)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. James R. Howe (R)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. Franklin Bartlett (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. James J. Walsh (D), until June 2, 1896
 * John M. Mitchell (R), from June 2, 1896
 * New York's 9th congressional district. Henry C. Miner (D)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Amos J. Cummings (D) from November 5, 1895
 * New York's 11th congressional district. William Sulzer (D)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. George B. McClellan Jr. (D)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. Richard C. Shannon (R)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. Lemuel E. Quigg (R)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Philip B. Low (R)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. Benjamin L. Fairchild (R)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. Benjamin Odell (R)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. Jacob LeFever (R)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. Frank S. Black (R), until January 7, 1897
 * New York's 20th congressional district. George N. Southwick (R)
 * New York's 21st congressional district. David F. Wilber (R)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Newton M. Curtis (R)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. Wallace T. Foote Jr. (R)
 * New York's 24th congressional district. Charles A. Chickering (R)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. James S. Sherman (R)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. George W. Ray (R)
 * New York's 27th congressional district. Theodore L. Poole (R)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. Sereno E. Payne (R)
 * New York's 29th congressional district. Charles W. Gillet (R)
 * New York's 30th congressional district. James W. Wadsworth (R)
 * New York's 31st congressional district. Henry C. Brewster (R)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district. Rowland B. Mahany (R)
 * New York's 33rd congressional district. Charles Daniels (R)
 * New York's 34th congressional district. Warren B. Hooker (R)

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. Harry Skinner (P)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Frederick A. Woodard (D)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. John G. Shaw (D)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. William F. Strowd (P)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. Thomas Settle III (R)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. James A. Lockhart (D), until June 5, 1896
 * Charles H. Martin (P), from June 5, 1896
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Alonzo C. Shuford (P)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Romulus Z. Linney (R)
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. Richmond Pearson (R)

North Dakota

 * North Dakota's at-large congressional district. Martin N. Johnson (R)

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. Charles P. Taft (R)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. Jacob H. Bromwell (R)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. Paul J. Sorg (D)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. Fernando C. Layton (D)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. Francis B. De Witt (R)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. George W. Hulick (R)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. George W. Wilson (R)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. Luther M. Strong (R)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. James H. Southard (R)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. Lucien J. Fenton (R)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. Charles H. Grosvenor (R)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. David K. Watson (R)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. Stephen R. Harris (R)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. Winfield S. Kerr (R)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. Henry C. Van Voorhis (R)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district. Lorenzo Danford (R)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district. Addison S. McClure (R)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. Robert W. Tayler (R)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district. Stephen A. Northway (R)
 * Ohio's 20th congressional district. Clifton B. Beach (R)
 * Ohio's 21st congressional district. Theodore E. Burton (R)

Oregon

 * Oregon's 1st congressional district. Binger Hermann (R)
 * Oregon's 2nd congressional district. William R. Ellis (R)

Pennsylvania

 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Henry H. Bingham (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. Robert Adams Jr. (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. Frederick Halterman (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. John E. Reyburn (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. Alfred C. Harmer (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. John B. Robinson (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. Irving P. Wanger (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. Joseph J. Hart (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Constantine J. Erdman (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Marriott Brosius (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Joseph A. Scranton (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. John Leisenring (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Charles N. Brumm (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. Ephraim M. Woomer (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. James H. Codding (R), from November 5, 1895
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. Fred C. Leonard (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Monroe H. Kulp (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Thaddeus M. Mahon (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. James A. Stahle (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. Josiah D. Hicks (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district. Daniel B. Heiner (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district. John Dalzell (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district. William A. Stone (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district. Ernest F. Acheson (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district. Thomas W. Phillips (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district. Matthew Griswold (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district. Charles W. Stone (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district. William C. Arnold (R)
 * Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district. Galusha A. Grow (R)
 * Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district. George F. Huff (R)

Rhode Island

 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. Melville Bull (R)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district. Warren O. Arnold (R)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. William Elliott (D), until June 4, 1896
 * George W. Murray (R), from June 4, 1896
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. William J. Talbert (D)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Asbury C. Latimer (D)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. Stanyarne Wilson (D)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. Thomas J. Strait (D)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. John L. McLaurin (D)
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district. J. William Stokes (D), until June 1, 1896
 * J. William Stokes (D), from November 3, 1896

South Dakota
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. (2 Republicans)
 * South Dakota's at-large congressional district. Robert J. Gamble (R)
 * South Dakota's at-large congressional district. John A. Pickler (R)

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. William C. Anderson (R)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. Henry R. Gibson (R)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. Foster V. Brown (R)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Benton McMillin (D)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. James D. Richardson (D)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. Joseph E. Washington (D)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. Nicholas N. Cox (D)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. John E. McCall (R)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district. James C. McDearmon (D)
 * Tennessee's 10th congressional district. Josiah Patterson (D)

Texas

 * Texas's 1st congressional district. Joseph C. Hutcheson (D)
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district. Samuel B. Cooper (D)
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district. Charles H. Yoakum (D)
 * Texas's 4th congressional district. David B. Culberson (D)
 * Texas's 5th congressional district. Joseph W. Bailey (D)
 * Texas's 6th congressional district. Joseph Abbott (D)
 * Texas's 7th congressional district. George C. Pendleton (D)
 * Texas's 8th congressional district. Charles K. Bell (D)
 * Texas's 9th congressional district. Joseph D. Sayers (D)
 * Texas's 10th congressional district. Miles Crowley (D)
 * Texas's 11th congressional district. William H. Crain (D), until February 10, 1896
 * Rudolph Kleberg (D), from April 7, 1896
 * Texas's 12th congressional district. George H. Noonan (R)
 * Texas's 13th congressional district. Jeremiah V. Cockrell (D)

Utah

 * Utah's at-large congressional district. Clarence E. Allen (R), from January 4, 1896

Vermont

 * Vermont's 1st congressional district. H. Henry Powers (R)
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district. William W. Grout (R)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. William A. Jones (D)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. D. Gardiner Tyler (D)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. Tazewell Ellett (D)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. William R. McKenney (D), until May 2, 1896
 * Robert T. Thorp (R), from May 2, 1896
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. Claude A. Swanson (D)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Peter J. Otey (D)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. Smith S. Turner (D)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. Elisha E. Meredith (D)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. James A. Walker (R)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. Henry St. George Tucker III (D)

Washington
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. (2 Republicans)
 * Washington's at-large congressional district. William H. Doolittle (R)
 * Washington's at-large congressional district. Samuel C. Hyde (R)

West Virginia

 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district. Blackburn B. Dovener (R)
 * West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Alston G. Dayton (R)
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district. James H. Huling (R)
 * West Virginia's 4th congressional district. Warren Miller (R)

Wisconsin

 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. Henry Allen Cooper (R)
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Edward Sauerhering (R)
 * Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. Joseph W. Babcock (R)
 * Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. Theobald Otjen (R)
 * Wisconsin's 5th congressional district. Samuel S. Barney (R)
 * Wisconsin's 6th congressional district. Samuel A. Cook (R)
 * Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. Michael Griffin (R)
 * Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. Edward S. Minor (R)
 * Wisconsin's 9th congressional district. Alexander Stewart (R)
 * Wisconsin's 10th congressional district. John J. Jenkins (R)

Wyoming

 * Wyoming's at-large congressional district. Frank W. Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

 * Arizona Territory's at-large congressional district. Nathan O. Murphy (R)
 * New Mexico Territory's at-large congressional district. Thomas B. Catron (R)
 * Oklahoma Territory's at-large congressional district. Dennis T. Flynn (R)
 * Utah Territory's at-large congressional district. Frank J. Cannon (R), until January 4, 1896

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

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


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


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


 * }

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


 * New York's 10th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Representative-elect Andrew J. Campbell died before the start of Congress. New member elected November 5, 1895.
 * nowrap | Amos J. Cummings (D)
 * November 5, 1895
 * November 5, 1895


 * Illinois's 10th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Philip S. Post (R) was re-elected, but died before this Congress. New member elected December 2, 1895.
 * nowrap | George W. Prince (R)
 * December 2, 1895
 * December 2, 1895


 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Julius C. Burrows (R) was re-elected, but resigned in the previous Congress to serve in the Senate. New member elected December 2, 1895.
 * nowrap | Alfred Milnes (R)
 * December 2, 1895
 * December 2, 1895


 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Rep-elect Myron B. Wright died in office. New member elected November 5, 1895.
 * nowrap | James H. Codding (R)
 * November 5, 1895
 * November 5, 1895


 * Utah Territory At-large
 * | Frank J. Cannon (R)
 * Seat eliminated January 4, 1896, upon statehood.
 * colspan=2 | Seat eliminated
 * colspan=2 | Seat eliminated


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


 * Georgia's 10th congressional district
 * nowrap | James C. C. Black (D)
 * Resigned March 4, 1895. Incumbent was subsequently re-elected October 2, 1895.
 * nowrap | James C. C. Black (D)
 * October 2, 1895
 * October 2, 1895


 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district
 * nowrap | William Cogswell (R)
 * Died May 22, 1895. New member elected November 5, 1895.
 * nowrap | William H. Moody (R)
 * November 5, 1895
 * November 5, 1895


 * Illinois's 18th congressional district
 * nowrap | Frederick Remann (R)
 * Died July 14, 1895. New member elected December 2, 1895.
 * nowrap | William F. L. Hadley (R)
 * December 2, 1895
 * December 2, 1895


 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | Lawrence E. McGann (D)
 * Election was successfully challenged December 27, 1895.
 * nowrap | Hugh R. Belknap (R)
 * December 27, 1895
 * December 27, 1895


 * Texas's 11th congressional district
 * nowrap | William H. Crain (D)
 * Died February 10, 1896. New member elected April 7, 1896.
 * nowrap | Rudolph Kleberg (D)
 * April 7, 1896
 * April 7, 1896


 * Missouri's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap | John C. Tarsney (D)
 * Election was successfully challenged February 27, 1896.
 * nowrap | Robert T. Van Horn (R)
 * February 27, 1896
 * February 27, 1896


 * Alabama's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | Gaston A. Robbins (D)
 * Election was successfully challenged March 13, 1896.
 * nowrap | William F. Aldrich (R)
 * March 13, 1896
 * March 13, 1896


 * Virginia's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | William R. McKenney (D)
 * Election was successfully challenged May 2, 1896.
 * nowrap | Robert T. Thorp (R)
 * May 2, 1896
 * May 2, 1896


 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap | Charles J. Boatner (D)
 * Election was challenged and declared vacant March 20, 1896. Incumbent was subsequently elected June 10, 1896.
 * nowrap | Charles J. Boatner (D)
 * June 10, 1896
 * June 10, 1896


 * Alabama's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap | James E. Cobb (D)
 * Election was successfully challenged April 21, 1896.
 * nowrap | Albert T. Goodwyn (P)
 * April 22, 1896
 * April 22, 1896


 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district
 * nowrap | J. William Stokes (D)
 * Seat declared vacant June 1, 1896. Incumbent was subsequently elected November 3, 1896.
 * nowrap | J. William Stokes (D)
 * November 3, 1896
 * November 3, 1896


 * New York's 8th congressional district
 * nowrap | James J. Walsh (D)
 * Election was successfully challenged June 2, 1896.
 * nowrap | John M. Mitchell (R)
 * June 2, 1896
 * June 2, 1896


 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district
 * nowrap | William Elliott (D)
 * Election was successfully challenged June 4, 1896.
 * nowrap | George W. Murray (R)
 * June 4, 1896
 * June 4, 1896


 * Illinois's 16th congressional district
 * nowrap | Finis E. Downing (D)
 * Election was successfully challenged June 5, 1896.
 * nowrap | John I. Rinaker (R)
 * June 5, 1896
 * June 5, 1896


 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district
 * nowrap | James A. Lockhart (D)
 * Election was successfully challenged June 5, 1896.
 * nowrap | Charles H. Martin (P)
 * June 5, 1896
 * June 5, 1896


 * Alabama's 9th congressional district
 * nowrap | Oscar W. Underwood (D)
 * Election was successfully challenged June 9, 1896.
 * nowrap | Truman H. Aldrich (R)
 * June 9, 1896
 * June 9, 1896


 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | Charles F. Crisp (D)
 * Died October 23, 1896. New member elected December 19, 1896.
 * nowrap | Charles R. Crisp (D)
 * December 19, 1896
 * December 19, 1896


 * New York's 19th congressional district
 * | Frank S. Black (R)
 * Resigned January 7, 1897.
 * colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress
 * colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress


 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district
 * nowrap | Joseph M. Kendall (D)
 * Election was successfully challenged February 18, 1897.
 * nowrap | Nathan T. Hopkins (R)
 * February 18, 1897
 * February 18, 1897


 * }

Senate

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

House of Representatives

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

Joint committees

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

Caucuses

 * Democratic (House)
 * Democratic (Senate)

Legislative branch agency directors

 * Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
 * Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
 * Public Printer of the United States: Thomas E. Benedict

Senate

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

House of Representatives

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