56th United States Congress

The 56th 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, 1899, to March 4, 1901, during the third and fourth years of William McKinley's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this 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 of North Carolina, who served his second and final term as a representative in this Congress, and would be the last black member of Congress until 1928, and the last black member of Congress from the South until 1972.

Major events

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

Major legislation

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

Territory organized

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

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

Senate
[[File:56thUSSenate.svg|300px|thumb|Senate membership (final)

(1 Vacant) ]]

Senate

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

House of Representatives

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

Majority (Republican) leadership

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

Minority (Democratic) leadership

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

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

Senate
At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1904; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1902.

Alabama

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

Arkansas

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

California

 * 1. Thomas R. Bard (R), from February 7, 1900
 * 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. vacant
 * 2. Richard R. Kenney (D)

Florida

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

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. Albert J. Beveridge (R)
 * 3. Charles W. Fairbanks (R)

Iowa

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

Mississippi

 * 1. Hernando D. Money (D)
 * 2. William V. Sullivan (D)

Missouri

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

Montana

 * 1. William A. Clark (D), until May 15, 1900
 * 2. Thomas H. Carter (R)

Nebraska

 * 1. Monroe L. Hayward (R), March 8, 1899 – December 5, 1899
 * William V. Allen (P), from December 13, 1899
 * 2. John M. Thurston (R)

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. John Kean Jr. (R)
 * 2. William J. Sewell (R)

New York

 * 1. Chauncey M. Depew (R)
 * 3. Thomas C. Platt (R)

North Carolina

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

North Dakota

 * 1. Porter J. McCumber (R)
 * 3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)

Ohio

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

 * 1. Matthew S. Quay (R), from January 16, 1901
 * 3. Boies Penrose (R)

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

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

South Dakota

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

Tennessee

 * 1. William B. Bate (D)
 * 2. Thomas B. Turley (D)

Texas

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

Utah

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

Vermont

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

Virginia

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

Washington

 * 1. Addison G. Foster (R)
 * 3. George Turner (SR)

West Virginia

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

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

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



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. Gaston A. Robbins (D), until March 8, 1900
 * William F. Aldrich (R), from March 8, 1900
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. Willis Brewer (D)
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district. John H. Bankhead (D)
 * Alabama's 7th congressional district. John L. Burnett (D)
 * Alabama's 8th congressional district. Joseph Wheeler (D), until April 20, 1900
 * William N. Richardson (D), from December 3, 1900
 * 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), until August 20, 1900
 * Samuel D. Woods (R), from December 3, 1900
 * California's 3rd congressional district. Victor H. Metcalf (R)
 * California's 4th congressional district. Julius Kahn (R)
 * California's 5th congressional district. Eugene F. Loud (R)
 * California's 6th congressional district. Russell J. Waters (R)
 * California's 7th congressional district. James C. Needham (R)

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

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. Edgar Wilson (SR)

Illinois

 * Illinois's 1st congressional district. James R. Mann (R)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district. William Lorimer (R)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district. George P. Foster (D)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district. Thomas Cusack (D)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district. Edward T. Noonan (D)
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district. Henry S. Boutell (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)
 * 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 E. Williams (D)
 * Illinois's 17th congressional district. Ben F. Caldwell (D)
 * Illinois's 18th congressional district. Thomas M. Jett (D)
 * Illinois's 19th congressional district. Joseph B. Crowley (D)
 * Illinois's 20th congressional district. James R. Williams (D)
 * Illinois's 21st congressional district. William A. Rodenberg (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. Robert W. Miers (D)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. William T. Zenor (D)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. Francis M. Griffith (D)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. George W. Faris (R)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. James E. Watson (R)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. Jesse Overstreet (R)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. George W. Cromer (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. Abraham L. Brick (R)

Iowa

 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. Thomas Hedge (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Joseph R. Lane (R)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district. David B. Henderson (R)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district. Gilbert N. Haugen (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. Smith McPherson (R), until June 6, 1900
 * Walter I. Smith (R), from December 3, 1900
 * Iowa's 10th congressional district. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R), until August 22, 1900
 * James P. Conner (R), from December 4, 1900
 * Iowa's 11th congressional district. Lot Thomas (R)

Kansas

 * Kansas's 1st congressional district. Charles Curtis (R)
 * Kansas's 2nd congressional district. Justin De Witt Bowersock (R)
 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district. Edwin R. Ridgely (P)
 * Kansas's 4th congressional district. James Monroe Miller (R)
 * Kansas's 5th congressional district. William A. Calderhead (R)
 * Kansas's 6th congressional district. William A. Reeder (R)
 * Kansas's 7th congressional district. Chester I. Long (R)
 * Kansas's at-large congressional district. Willis Joshua Bailey (R)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Charles K. Wheeler (D)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. Henry Dixon Allen (D)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. John S. Rhea (D)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. David Highbaugh Smith (D)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Oscar Turner (D)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Albert S. Berry (D)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. Evan E. Settle (D), until November 16, 1899
 * June Ward Gayle (D), from January 15, 1900
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district. George G. Gilbert (D)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district. Samuel J. Pugh (R)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district. Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick (D)
 * Kentucky's 11th congressional district. Vincent Boreing (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. Phanor Breazeale (D)
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district. Samuel T. Baird (D), until April 22, 1899
 * Joseph E. Ransdell (D), from August 29, 1899
 * Louisiana's 6th congressional district. Samuel M. Robertson (D)

Maine

 * Maine's 1st congressional district. Thomas B. Reed (R), until September 4, 1899
 * Amos L. Allen (R), from November 6, 1899
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. Charles E. Littlefield (R), from June 19, 1899
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district. Edwin C. Burleigh (R)
 * Maine's 4th congressional district. Charles A. Boutelle (R), until March 3, 1901

Maryland

 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. John W. Smith (D), until January 12, 1900
 * Josiah Kerr (R), from November 6, 1900
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. William B. Baker (R)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. Frank C. Wachter (R)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. James W. Denny (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Sydney E. Mudd (R)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. George A. Pearre (R)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. George P. Lawrence (R)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Frederick H. Gillett (R)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. John R. Thayer (D)
 * 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. Ernest W. Roberts (R)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. Samuel W. McCall (R)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. John F. Fitzgerald (D)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. Henry F. Naphen (D)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. Charles F. Sprague (R)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. William C. Lovering (R)
 * Massachusetts's 13th congressional district. William S. Greene (R)

Michigan

 * Michigan's 1st congressional district. John B. Corliss (R)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district. Henry C. Smith (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district. Washington Gardner (R)
 * 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. Edgar Weeks (R)
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district. Joseph W. Fordney (R)
 * 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. Thomas Spight (D)
 * 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. Frank A. McLain (D)
 * Mississippi's 7th congressional district. Patrick Henry (D)

Missouri

 * Missouri's 1st congressional district. James T. Lloyd (D)
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district. William W. Rucker (D)
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district. John Dougherty (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), until June 15, 1899
 * Dorsey W. Shackleford (D), from August 29, 1899
 * 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. Albert J. Campbell (D)

Nebraska

 * Nebraska's 1st congressional district. Elmer J. Burkett (R)
 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. David H. Mercer (R)
 * Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. John S. Robinson (D)
 * 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), until March 11, 1899
 * William Neville (P), from December 4, 1899

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) until January 9, 1901

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. Joshua S. Salmon (D)
 * 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. William D. Daly (D), until July 31, 1900
 * Allan L. McDermott (D), from December 3, 1900
 * New Jersey's 8th congressional district. Charles N. Fowler (R)

New York

 * New York's 1st congressional district. Townsend Scudder (D)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. John J. Fitzgerald (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Edmund H. Driggs (D)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Bertram T. Clayton (D)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Frank E. Wilson (D)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. Mitchell May (D)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. Nicholas Muller (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. Daniel J. Riordan (D)
 * 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. Jefferson M. Levy (D)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. William A. Chanler (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Jacob Ruppert (D)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. John Q. Underhill (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. Arthur S. Tompkins (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. Martin H. Glynn (D)
 * New York's 21st congressional district. John Knox Stewart (R)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Lucius N. Littauer (R)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. Louis W. Emerson (R)
 * New York's 24th congressional district. Charles A. Chickering (R), until February 13, 1900
 * Albert D. Shaw (R), November 6, 1900 – February 10, 1901
 * 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. Michael E. Driscoll (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. James M. E. O'Grady (R)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district. William H. Ryan (D)
 * New York's 33rd congressional district. De Alva S. Alexander (R)
 * New York's 34th congressional district. Edward B. Vreeland (R), from November 7, 1899

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. John Humphrey Small (D)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. George H. White (R)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Charles R. Thomas (D)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. John W. Atwater (P)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. William W. Kitchin (D)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. John D. Bellamy (D)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Theodore F. Kluttz (D)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Romulus Z. Linney (R)
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. William T. Crawford (D), until May 10, 1900
 * Richmond Pearson (R), from May 10, 1900

North Dakota

 * North Dakota's at-large congressional district. Burleigh F. Spalding (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. Robert B. Gordon (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. Stephen Morgan (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), until June 19, 1899
 * John J. Gill (R), from December 4, 1899
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district. John A. McDowell (D)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. Robert W. Tayler (R)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district. Charles W. F. Dick (R)
 * Ohio's 20th congressional district. Fremont O. Phillips (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. Malcolm A. Moody (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), until March 6, 1900
 * Edward D. Morrell (R), from November 6, 1900
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. Thomas S. Butler (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. Irving P. Wanger (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. Laird H. Barber (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Daniel Ermentrout (D), until September 17, 1899
 * Henry D. Green (D), from November 7, 1899
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Marriott Brosius (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. William Connell (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. Stanley W. Davenport (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. James W. Ryan (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. Marlin E. Olmsted (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Charles F. Wright (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. Horace B. Packer (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Rufus K. Polk (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Thaddeus M. Mahon (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. Edward D. Ziegler (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. Joseph E. Thropp (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district. Summers M. Jack (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district. John Dalzell (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district. William H. Graham (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district. Ernest F. Acheson (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district. Joseph B. Showalter (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district. Athelston Gaston (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district. Joseph C. Sibley (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district. James K. P. Hall (D)
 * 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. David E. Finley (D)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. James Norton (D)
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district. J. William Stokes (D)

South Dakota

 * South Dakota's at-large congressional district. Charles H. Burke (R)
 * South Dakota's at-large congressional district. Robert J. Gamble (R)

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. Charles E. Snodgrass (D)
 * 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 L. Sheppard (D)
 * 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. Albert S. Burleson (D)
 * 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), from April 2, 1900

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 March 12, 1900
 * Richard A. Wise (R), March 12, 1900 – December 21, 1900
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. John Lamb (D)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. Sydney P. Epes (D), until March 3, 1900
 * Francis R. Lassiter (D), from April 19, 1900
 * 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. William F. Rhea (D)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. Julian M. Quarles (D)

Washington

 * Washington's at-large congressional district. Francis W. Cushman (R)
 * Washington's at-large congressional district. Wesley L. Jones (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. David Emmons Johnston (D)
 * West Virginia's 4th congressional district. Romeo H. Freer (R)

Wisconsin

 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. Henry Allen Cooper (R)
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Herman B. Dahle (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. John J. Esch (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's at-large congressional district. John F. Wilson (D)
 * Hawaii Territory's at-large congressional district. Robert W. Wilcox (Home Rule), from November 6, 1900
 * New Mexico's at-large congressional district. Pedro Perea (R)
 * Oklahoma's at-large congressional district. Dennis T. Flynn (R)

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

Senate

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

House of Representatives

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

Senate

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

House of Representatives

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

Joint committees

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

Caucuses

 * Democratic (House)
 * Democratic (Senate)

Legislative branch agency directors

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

Senate

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

House of Representatives

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