55th United States Congress

The 55th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1897, to March 4, 1899, during the first two years of William McKinley's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1890 United States census. Both chambers had a Republican majority. There was one African-American member, George Henry White, a Republican from the state of North Carolina, and one Kaw member, Charles Curtis, a Republican from Kansas.

Major events

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

Major legislation

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

Treaties ratified

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

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

Senate
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Senate

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

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Thomas Brackett Reed (R)
 * Minority Leader: Joseph W. Bailey
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor
 * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock
 * Democratic Caucus Chairman: James D. Richardson
 * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Charles James Faulkner

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

Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1902.

Alabama

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

Connecticut

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

Delaware

 * 1. George Gray (D)
 * 2. Richard R. Kenney (D)

Florida

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

Georgia

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

Idaho

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

Illinois

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

Indiana

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

Iowa

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

Kansas

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

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

 * 2. Donelson Caffery (D)
 * 3. Samuel D. McEnery (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

 * 1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D)
 * 3. George L. Wellington (R)

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

Missouri

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

Montana

 * 1. Lee Mantle (SR)
 * 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. Thomas C. Platt (R)

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

 * 1. Matthew S. Quay (R)
 * 3. Boies Penrose (R)

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

 * 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
 * 3. Joseph H. Earle (D), until May 20, 1897
 * John L. McLaurin (D), from June 1, 1897

South Dakota

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

Tennessee

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

Texas

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

Utah

 * 1. Frank J. Cannon (SR)
 * 3. Joseph L. Rawlins (D)

Vermont

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

Virginia

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

Washington

 * 1. John L. Wilson (R)
 * 3. George Turner (SR)

West Virginia

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

Wisconsin

 * 1. John L. Mitchell (D)
 * 3. John C. Spooner (R)

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. George W. Taylor (D)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district. Jesse F. Stallings (D)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district. Henry D. Clayton (D)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district. Thomas S. Plowman (D), until February 9, 1898
 * William F. Aldrich (R), from February 9, 1898
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. Willis Brewer (D)
 * 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)

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. Stephen Brundidge Jr. (D)

California

 * California's 1st congressional district. John A. Barham (R)
 * California's 2nd congressional district. Marion De Vries (D)
 * 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. Charles A. Barlow (P)
 * California's 7th congressional district. Curtis H. Castle (P)

Colorado

 * Colorado's 1st congressional district. John F. Shafroth (SR)
 * 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. L. Irving Handy (D)

Florida

 * Florida's 1st congressional district. Stephen M. Sparkman (D)
 * Florida's 2nd congressional district. Robert W. Davis (D)

Georgia

 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. Rufus E. Lester (D)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. James M. Griggs (D)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Elijah B. Lewis (D)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district. William C. Adamson (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. William M. Howard (D)
 * Georgia's 9th congressional district. Farish C. Tate (D)
 * Georgia's 10th congressional district. William H. Fleming (D)
 * Georgia's 11th congressional district. William G. Brantley (D)

Idaho

 * Idaho's at-large congressional district. James Gunn (P)

Illinois

 * Illinois's 1st congressional district. James R. Mann (R)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district. William Lorimer (R)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district. Hugh R. Belknap (R)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district. Daniel W. Mills (R)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district. George E. White (R)
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district. Edward D. Cooke (R), until June 24, 1897
 * Henry S. Boutell (R), from November 23, 1897
 * 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)
 * 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. William H. Hinrichsen (D)
 * Illinois's 17th congressional district. James A. Connolly (R)
 * Illinois's 18th congressional district. Thomas M. Jett (D)
 * Illinois's 19th congressional district. Andrew J. Hunter (D)
 * Illinois's 20th congressional district. James R. Campbell (D)
 * Illinois's 21st congressional district. Jehu Baker (D)
 * Illinois's 22nd congressional district. George Washington Smith (R)

Indiana

 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. James A. Hemenway (R)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. Robert W. Miers (D)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. William T. Zenor (D)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. William S. Holman (D), until April 22, 1897
 * Francis M. Griffith (D), from December 6, 1897
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. George W. Faris (R)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. Henry U. Johnson (R)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. Jesse Overstreet (R)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. Charles L. Henry (R)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district. Charles B. Landis (R)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district. Edgar D. Crumpacker (R)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district. George W. Steele (R)
 * Indiana's 12th congressional district. James M. Robinson (D)
 * 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. Mason S. Peters (P)
 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district. Edwin R. Ridgely (P)
 * Kansas's 4th congressional district. Charles Curtis (R)
 * Kansas's 5th congressional district. William D. Vincent (P)
 * Kansas's 6th congressional district. Nelson B. McCormick (P)
 * Kansas's 7th congressional district. Jeremiah Simpson (P)
 * Kansas's at-large congressional district. Jeremiah D. Botkin (P)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Charles K. Wheeler (D)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. John D. Clardy (D)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. John S. Rhea (D)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. David Highbaugh Smith (D)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Walter Evans (R)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Albert S. Berry (D)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. Evan E. Settle (D)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district. George M. Davison (R)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district. Samuel J. Pugh (R)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district. Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick (D)
 * Kentucky's 11th congressional district. David G. Colson (R)

Louisiana

 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. Adolph Meyer (D)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Robert C. Davey (D)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Robert F. Broussard (D)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Henry W. Ogden (D)
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district. Samuel T. Baird (D)
 * 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), until January 13, 1899
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district. Seth L. Milliken (R), until April 18, 1897
 * Edwin C. Burleigh (R), from June 21, 1897
 * Maine's 4th congressional district. Charles A. Boutelle (R)

Maryland

 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Isaac A. Barber (R)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. William B. Baker (R)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. William S. Booze (R)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. William W. McIntire (R)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Sydney E. Mudd (R)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. John McDonald (R)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Ashley B. Wright (R), until August 14, 1897
 * George P. Lawrence (R), from November 2, 1897
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Frederick H. Gillett (R)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Joseph H. Walker (R)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. George W. Weymouth (R)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. William S. Knox (R)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. William H. Moody (R)
 * 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. Samuel J. Barrows (R)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. Charles F. Sprague (R)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. William C. Lovering (R)
 * Massachusetts's 13th congressional district. John Simpkins (R), until March 27, 1898
 * William S. Greene (R), from May 31, 1898

Michigan

 * Michigan's 1st congressional district. John B. Corliss (R)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district. George Spalding (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district. Albert M. Todd (D)
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district. Edward L. Hamilton (R)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. William Alden Smith (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. Samuel W. Smith (R)
 * Michigan's 7th congressional district. Horace G. Snover (R)
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district. Ferdinand Brucker (D)
 * Michigan's 9th congressional district. Roswell P. Bishop (R)
 * Michigan's 10th congressional district. Rousseau O. Crump (R)
 * Michigan's 11th congressional district. William S. Mesick (R)
 * Michigan's 12th congressional district. Carlos D. Shelden (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. Frederick C. Stevens (R)
 * Minnesota's 5th congressional district. Loren Fletcher (R)
 * Minnesota's 6th congressional district. R. Page W. Morris (R)
 * Minnesota's 7th congressional district. Frank Eddy (R)

Mississippi

 * Mississippi's 1st congressional district. John M. Allen (D)
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district. William V. Sullivan (D), until May 31, 1898
 * Thomas Spight (D), from July 5, 1898
 * Mississippi's 3rd congressional district. Thomas C. Catchings (D)
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district. Andrew F. Fox (D)
 * Mississippi's 5th congressional district. John Sharp Williams (D)
 * Mississippi's 6th congressional district. William F. Love (D), until October 16, 1898
 * Frank A. McLain (D), from December 12, 1898
 * Mississippi's 7th congressional district. Patrick Henry (D)

Missouri

 * Missouri's 1st congressional district. James T. Lloyd (D), from June 1, 1897
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district. Robert N. Bodine (D)
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district. Alexander M. Dockery (D)
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district. Charles F. Cochran (D)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district. William S. Cowherd (D)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district. David A. De Armond (D)
 * Missouri's 7th congressional district. James Cooney (D)
 * Missouri's 8th congressional district. Richard P. Bland (D)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district. James Beauchamp Clark (D)
 * Missouri's 10th congressional district. Richard Bartholdt (R)
 * Missouri's 11th congressional district. Charles F. Joy (R)
 * Missouri's 12th congressional district. Charles E. Pearce (R)
 * Missouri's 13th congressional district. Edward Robb (D)
 * Missouri's 14th congressional district. Willard D. Vandiver (D)
 * Missouri's 15th congressional district. Maecenas E. Benton (D)

Montana

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

Nebraska

 * Nebraska's 1st congressional district. Jesse B. Strode (R)
 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. David H. Mercer (R)
 * Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. Samuel Maxwell (P)
 * Nebraska's 4th congressional district. William L. Stark (P)
 * Nebraska's 5th congressional district. Roderick D. Sutherland (P)
 * Nebraska's 6th congressional district. William L. Greene (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. Frank G. Clarke (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), until January 10, 1899
 * 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. Joseph M. Belford (R)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. Denis M. Hurley (R), until February 26, 1899
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Francis H. Wilson (R), until September 30, 1897
 * Edmund H. Driggs (D), from December 6, 1897
 * 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. John H. G. Vehslage (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. John M. Mitchell (R)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. Thomas J. Bradley (D)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Amos J. Cummings (D)
 * 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. William L. Ward (R)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. Benjamin Odell (R)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. John H. Ketcham (R)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. Aaron V. S. Cochrane (R)
 * 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. Lucius N. Littauer (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. James J. Belden (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. De Alva S. Alexander (R)
 * New York's 34th congressional district. Warren B. Hooker (R), until November 10, 1898

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. Harry Skinner (P)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. George H. White (R)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. John E. Fowler (P)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. William F. Strowd (P)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. William W. Kitchin (D)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Charles H. Martin (P)
 * 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. William B. Shattuc (R)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. Jacob H. Bromwell (R)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. John L. Brenner (D)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. George A. Marshall (D)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. David Meekison (D)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. Seth W. Brown (R)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. Walter L. Weaver (R)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. Archibald Lybrand (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. John J. Lentz (D)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. James A. Norton (D)
 * 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. John A. McDowell (D)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. Robert W. Tayler (R)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district. Stephen A. Northway (R), until September 8, 1898
 * Charles W. F. Dick (R), from November 8, 1898
 * Ohio's 20th congressional district. Clifton B. Beach (R)
 * Ohio's 21st congressional district. Theodore E. Burton (R)

Oregon

 * Oregon's 1st congressional district. Thomas H. Tongue (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. William McAleer (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. James R. Young (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. Alfred C. Harmer (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. Thomas S. Butler (IR)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. Irving P. Wanger (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. William S. Kirkpatrick (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Daniel Ermentrout (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Marriott Brosius (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. William Connell (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. Morgan B. Williams (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Charles N. Brumm (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. Marlin E. Olmsted (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. James H. Codding (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. Horace B. Packer (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Monroe H. Kulp (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Thaddeus M. Mahon (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. George J. Benner (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. Josiah D. Hicks (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district. Edward E. Robbins (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district. John Dalzell (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district. William A. Stone (R), until November 9, 1898
 * William H. Graham (R), from November 29, 1898
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district. Ernest F. Acheson (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district. Joseph B. Showalter (R), from April 20, 1897
 * Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district. John C. Sturtevant (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. Samuel A. Davenport (R)
 * Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district. Galusha A. Grow (R)

Rhode Island

 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. Melville Bull (R)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district. Adin B. Capron (R)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. William Elliott (D)
 * 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), until May 31, 1897
 * James Norton (D), from December 6, 1897
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district. J. William Stokes (D)

South Dakota
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * South Dakota's at-large congressional district. John E. Kelley (P)
 * South Dakota's at-large congressional district. Freeman Knowles (P)

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. Walter P. Brownlow (R)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. Henry R. Gibson (R)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. John A. Moon (D)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Benton McMillin (D), until January 6, 1899
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. James D. Richardson (D)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. John W. Gaines (D)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. Nicholas N. Cox (D)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. Thetus W. Sims (D)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district. Rice A. Pierce (D)
 * Tennessee's 10th congressional district. Edward W. Carmack (D)

Texas

 * Texas's 1st congressional district. Thomas H. Ball (D)
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district. Samuel B. Cooper (D)
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district. Reese C. De Graffenreid (D)
 * Texas's 4th congressional district. John W. Cranford (D), until March 3, 1899
 * Texas's 5th congressional district. Joseph W. Bailey (D)
 * Texas's 6th congressional district. Robert E. Burke (D)
 * Texas's 7th congressional district. Robert L. Henry (D)
 * Texas's 8th congressional district. Samuel W. T. Lanham (D)
 * Texas's 9th congressional district. Joseph D. Sayers (D), until January 16, 1899
 * Texas's 10th congressional district. Robert B. Hawley (R)
 * Texas's 11th congressional district. Rudolph Kleberg (D)
 * Texas's 12th congressional district. James L. Slayden (D)
 * Texas's 13th congressional district. John H. Stephens (D)

Utah

 * Utah's at-large congressional district. William H. King (D)

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. William A. Young (D), until April 26, 1898
 * Richard A. Wise (R), from April 26, 1898
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. John Lamb (D)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. Sydney P. Epes (D), until March 23, 1898
 * Robert T. Thorp (R), from March 23, 1898
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. Claude A. Swanson (D)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Peter J. Otey (D)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. James Hay (D)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. John F. Rixey (D)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. James A. Walker (R)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. Jacob Yost (R)

Washington
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Washington's at-large congressional district. William C. Jones (SR)
 * Washington's at-large congressional district. James Hamilton Lewis (D)

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. Charles P. Dorr (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. James H. Davidson (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. John E. Osborne (D)

Non-voting members

 * Arizona Territory's at-large congressional district. Marcus A. Smith (D)
 * New Mexico Territory's at-large congressional district. Harvey B. Fergusson (D)
 * Oklahoma Territory's at-large congressional district. James Y. Callahan (S)

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

Senate

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

House of Representatives

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

Senate

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

House of Representatives

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

Joint committees

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

Caucuses

 * Democratic (House)
 * Democratic (Senate)

Legislative branch agency directors

 * Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
 * Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford, until 1897
 * John Russell Young, from 1897
 * Public Printer of the United States: Thomas E. Benedict, until 1897
 * Francis W. Palmer, from 1897

Senate

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

House of Representatives

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