61st United States Congress

The 61st 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, 1909, to March 4, 1911, during the first two years of William H. Taft's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1900 United States census. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events

 * March 4, 1909: William Howard Taft became President of the United States.

Major legislation

 * August 5, 1909 – Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act, ch. 6,
 * May 16, 1910: Federal Mines Safety Act of 1910, ch. 240,
 * June 1, 1910: Height of Buildings Act of 1910, ch. 263,
 * June 18, 1910: Mann–Elkins Act, ch. 309,
 * June 25, 1910: Mann Act, ch. 395,
 * March 3, 1911: Judicial Code of 1911, ch. 231,

Constitutional amendments

 * July 12, 1909: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution allowing the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
 * Amendment was later ratified on February 3, 1913, becoming the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Senate

 * President: James S. Sherman (R)
 * President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Eugene Hale
 * Republican Conference Secretary: Charles Curtis
 * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Hernando Money
 * Democratic Caucus Secretary: Robert Latham Owen

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Joseph Gurney Cannon (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

 * Majority Leader: Sereno E. Payne
 * Majority Whip: John W. Dwight
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Frank Dunklee Currier

Minority (Democratic) leadership

 * Minority Leader: Champ Clark
 * Minority Whip: vacant
 * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr.
 * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: James Tilghman Lloyd

Members

 * Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate
At this time, most senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state. 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 reelection in 1910; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1912; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1914.

Alabama

 * 2. John H. Bankhead (D)
 * 3. Joseph F. Johnston (D)

Arkansas

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

California

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

Colorado

 * 2. Simon Guggenheim (R)
 * 3. Charles J. Hughes Jr. (D), until January 11, 1911

Connecticut

 * 1. Morgan G. Bulkeley (R)
 * 3. Frank B. Brandegee (R)

Delaware

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

Florida

 * 1. James P. Taliaferro (D)
 * 3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)

Georgia

 * 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)
 * 3. Alexander S. Clay (D), until November 10, 1910
 * Joseph M. Terrell (D), from November 17, 1910

Idaho

 * 2. William E. Borah (R)
 * 3. Weldon B. Heyburn (R)

Illinois

 * 2. Shelby Moore Cullom (R)
 * 3. William Lorimer (R), from June 18, 1909

Indiana

 * 1. Albert J. Beveridge (R)
 * 3. Benjamin F. Shively (D)

Iowa

 * 2. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R), until October 15, 1910
 * Lafayette Young (R), from November 12, 1910
 * 3. Albert B. Cummins (R)

Kansas

 * 2. Charles Curtis (R)
 * 3. Joseph L. Bristow (R)

Kentucky

 * 2. Thomas H. Paynter (D)
 * 3. William O. Bradley (R)

Louisiana

 * 2. Murphy J. Foster (D)
 * 3. Samuel D. McEnery (D), until June 10, 1910
 * John Thornton (D), from December 10, 1910

Maine

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

Maryland

 * 1. Isidor Rayner (D)
 * 3. John W. Smith (D)

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

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

Minnesota

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

Mississippi

 * 1. Hernando D. Money (D)
 * 2. Anselm J. McLaurin (D), until December 22, 1909
 * James Gordon (D), December 27, 1909 – February 22, 1910
 * LeRoy Percy (D), from February 23, 1910

Missouri

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

Montana

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

Nebraska

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

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

 * 1. John Kean Jr. (R)
 * 2. Frank O. Briggs (R)

New York

 * 1. Chauncey M. Depew (R)
 * 3. Elihu A. Root (R)

North Carolina

 * 2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D)
 * 3. Lee S. Overman (D)

North Dakota

 * 1. Porter J. McCumber (R)
 * 3. Martin N. Johnson (R), until October 21, 1909
 * Fountain L. Thompson (D), November 10, 1909 – January 31, 1910
 * William E. Purcell (D), February 1, 1910 – February 1, 1911
 * Asle Gronna (R), from February 2, 1911

Ohio

 * 1. Charles W. F. Dick (R)
 * 3. Theodore E. Burton (R)

Oklahoma

 * 2. Robert L. Owen (D)
 * 3. Thomas P. Gore (D)

Oregon

 * 2. Jonathan Bourne Jr. (R)
 * 3. George E. Chamberlain (D)

Pennsylvania

 * 1. Philander C. Knox (R), until March 4, 1909
 * George T. Oliver (R), from March 17, 1909
 * 3. Boies Penrose (R)

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

 * 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
 * 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

South Dakota

 * 2. Robert J. Gamble (R)
 * 3. Coe I. Crawford (R)

Tennessee

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

Texas

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

Utah

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

Vermont

 * 1. Carroll S. Page (R)
 * 3. William P. Dillingham (R)

Virginia

 * 1. John W. Daniel (D), until June 29, 1910
 * Claude A. Swanson (D), from August 1, 1910
 * 2. Thomas S. Martin (D)

Washington

 * 1. Samuel H. Piles (R)
 * 3. Wesley L. Jones (R)

West Virginia

 * 1. Nathan B. Scott (R)
 * 2. Stephen B. Elkins (R), until January 4, 1911
 * Davis Elkins (R), January 9, 1911 – January 31, 1911
 * Clarence W. Watson (D), from February 1, 1911

Wisconsin

 * 1. Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R)
 * 3. Isaac Stephenson (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. S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district. Henry D. Clayton (D)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district. William B. Craig (D)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. J. Thomas Heflin (D)
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district. Richmond P. Hobson (D)
 * Alabama's 7th congressional district. John L. Burnett (D)
 * Alabama's 8th congressional district. William N. Richardson (D)
 * Alabama's 9th congressional district. Oscar Underwood (D)

Arkansas

 * Arkansas's 1st congressional district. Robert B. Macon (D)
 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district. William A. Oldfield (D)
 * Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. John C. Floyd (D)
 * Arkansas's 4th congressional district. William B. Cravens (D)
 * Arkansas's 5th congressional district. Charles C. Reid (D)
 * Arkansas's 6th congressional district. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)
 * Arkansas's 7th congressional district. Robert M. Wallace (D)

California

 * California's 1st congressional district. William F. Englebright (R)
 * California's 2nd congressional district. Duncan E. McKinlay (R)
 * California's 3rd congressional district. Joseph R. Knowland (R)
 * California's 4th congressional district. Julius Kahn (R)
 * California's 5th congressional district. Everis A. Hayes (R)
 * California's 6th congressional district. James C. Needham (R)
 * California's 7th congressional district. James McLachlan (R)
 * California's 8th congressional district. Sylvester C. Smith (R)

Colorado

 * Colorado's 1st congressional district. Atterson Walden Rucker (D)
 * Colorado's 2nd congressional district. John A. Martin (D)
 * Colorado's at-large congressional district. Edward T. Taylor (D)

Connecticut

 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. E. Stevens Henry (R)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. Edwin W. Higgins (R)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district. Ebenezer J. Hill (R)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. John Q. Tilson (R)

Delaware

 * Delaware's at-large congressional district. William H. Heald (R)

Florida

 * Florida's 1st congressional district. Stephen M. Sparkman (D)
 * Florida's 2nd congressional district. Frank Clark (D)
 * Florida's 3rd congressional district. Dannite H. Mays (D)

Georgia

 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. Charles G. Edwards (D)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. James M. Griggs (D), until January 5, 1910
 * Seaborn Roddenbery (D), from February 6, 1910
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Dudley M. Hughes (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. Gordon Lee (D)
 * Georgia's 8th congressional district. William M. Howard (D)
 * Georgia's 9th congressional district. Thomas Montgomery Bell (D)
 * Georgia's 10th congressional district. Thomas W. Hardwick (D)
 * Georgia's 11th congressional district. William G. Brantley (D)

Idaho

 * Idaho's at-large congressional district. Thomas Ray Hamer (R)

Illinois

 * Illinois's 1st congressional district. Martin B. Madden (R)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district. James R. Mann (R)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district. William W. Wilson (R)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district. James T. McDermott (D)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district. William Lorimer (R), until June 17, 1909
 * William J. Moxley (R), from November 23, 1909
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district. Frederick Lundin (R)
 * Illinois's 8th congressional district. Thomas Gallagher (D)
 * Illinois's 9th congressional district. Henry S. Boutell (R)
 * Illinois's 10th congressional district. George E. Foss (R)
 * Illinois's 11th congressional district. Howard M. Snapp (R)
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district. Charles Eugene Fuller (R)
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district. Frank O. Lowden (R)
 * Illinois's 14th congressional district. James McKinney (R)
 * Illinois's 15th congressional district. George W. Prince (R)
 * Illinois's 16th congressional district. Joseph V. Graff (R)
 * Illinois's 17th congressional district. John A. Sterling (R)
 * Illinois's 18th congressional district. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
 * Illinois's 19th congressional district. William B. McKinley (R)
 * Illinois's 20th congressional district. Henry T. Rainey (D)
 * Illinois's 21st congressional district. James M. Graham (D)
 * Illinois's 22nd congressional district. William A. Rodenberg (R)
 * Illinois's 23rd congressional district. Martin D. Foster (D)
 * Illinois's 24th congressional district. Pleasant T. Chapman (R)
 * Illinois's 25th congressional district. Napoleon B. Thistlewood (R)

Indiana

 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. John W. Boehne (D)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. William A. Cullop (D)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. William E. Cox (D)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. Lincoln Dixon (D)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. Ralph Wilbur Moss (D)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. William O. Barnard (R)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. Charles A. Korbly (D)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. John A. M. Adair (D)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district. Martin A. Morrison (D)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district. Edgar D. Crumpacker (R)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district. George W. Rauch (D)
 * Indiana's 12th congressional district. Cyrus Cline (D)
 * Indiana's 13th congressional district. Henry A. Barnhart (D)

Iowa

 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. Charles A. Kennedy (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Albert F. Dawson (R)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district. Charles E. Pickett (R)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district. Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district. James W. Good (R)
 * Iowa's 6th congressional district. Nathan E. Kendall (R)
 * Iowa's 7th congressional district. John A. T. Hull (R)
 * Iowa's 8th congressional district. William Darius Jamieson (D)
 * Iowa's 9th congressional district. Walter I. Smith (R)
 * Iowa's 10th congressional district. Frank P. Woods (R)
 * Iowa's 11th congressional district. Elbert H. Hubbard (R)

Kansas

 * Kansas's 1st congressional district. Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (R)
 * Kansas's 2nd congressional district. Charles Frederick Scott (R)
 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district. Philip P. Campbell (R)
 * 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. Edmond H. Madison (R)
 * Kansas's 8th congressional district. Victor Murdock (R)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Ollie M. James (D)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. Augustus Stanley (D)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. Robert Y. Thomas Jr. (D)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Ben Johnson (D)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. J. Swagar Sherley (D)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Joseph L. Rhinock (D)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. J. Campbell Cantrill (D)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district. Harvey Helm (D)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district. Joseph B. Bennett (R)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district. John W. Langley (R)
 * Kentucky's 11th congressional district. Don C. Edwards (R)

Louisiana

 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. Albert Estopinal (D)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Samuel Louis Gilmore (D), March 30, 1909 – July 18, 1910
 * Henry Garland Dupré (D), from November 8, 1910
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Robert F. Broussard (D)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district. John Thomas Watkins (D)
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district. Joseph E. Ransdell (D)
 * Louisiana's 6th congressional district. Robert Charles Wickliffe (D)
 * Louisiana's 7th congressional district. Arsène Paulin Pujó (D)

Maine

 * Maine's 1st congressional district. Amos L. Allen (R), until February 20, 1911
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. John P. Swasey (R)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district. Edwin C. Burleigh (R)
 * Maine's 4th congressional district. Frank E. Guernsey (R)

Maryland

 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. J. Harry Covington (D)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. John Kronmiller (R)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. John Gill Jr. (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. Charles G. Washburn (R)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Charles Q. Tirrell (R), until July 31, 1910
 * John Joseph Mitchell (D), from November 8, 1910
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. Butler Ames (R)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. Augustus P. Gardner (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 A. Keliher (D)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. Joseph F. O'Connell (D)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. Andrew J. Peters (D)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. John W. Weeks (R)
 * Massachusetts's 13th congressional district. William S. Greene (R)
 * Massachusetts's 14th congressional district. William C. Lovering (R), until February 4, 1910
 * Eugene Foss (D), March 22, 1910 – January 4, 1911

Michigan

 * Michigan's 1st congressional district. Edwin C. Denby (R)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district. Charles E. Townsend (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district. Washington Gardner (R)
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district. Edward L. Hamilton (R)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. Gerrit J. Diekema (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. Samuel W. Smith (R)
 * Michigan's 7th congressional district. Henry McMorran (R)
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district. Joseph W. Fordney (R)
 * Michigan's 9th congressional district. James C. McLaughlin (R)
 * Michigan's 10th congressional district. George A. Loud (R)
 * Michigan's 11th congressional district. Francis H. Dodds (R)
 * Michigan's 12th congressional district. H. Olin Young (R)

Minnesota

 * Minnesota's 1st congressional district. James Albertus Tawney (R)
 * Minnesota's 2nd congressional district. Winfield Scott Hammond (D)
 * Minnesota's 3rd congressional district. Charles Russell Davis (R)
 * Minnesota's 4th congressional district. Frederick C. Stevens (R)
 * Minnesota's 5th congressional district. Frank Nye (R)
 * Minnesota's 6th congressional district. Charles August Lindbergh (R)
 * Minnesota's 7th congressional district. Andrew Volstead (R)
 * Minnesota's 8th congressional district. Clarence B. Miller (R)
 * Minnesota's 9th congressional district. Halvor Steenerson (R)

Mississippi

 * Mississippi's 1st congressional district. Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D)
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district. Thomas Spight (D)
 * Mississippi's 3rd congressional district. Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D)
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district. Thomas U. Sisson (D)
 * Mississippi's 5th congressional district. Adam M. Byrd (D)
 * Mississippi's 6th congressional district. Eaton J. Bowers (D)
 * Mississippi's 7th congressional district. William A. Dickson (D)
 * Mississippi's 8th congressional district. James W. Collier (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. Joshua Willis Alexander (D)
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district. Charles F. Booher (D)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district. William Patterson Borland (D)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district. David A. De Armond (D), until November 23, 1909
 * Clement C. Dickinson (D), from February 1, 1910
 * Missouri's 7th congressional district. Courtney W. Hamlin (D)
 * Missouri's 8th congressional district. Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district. James Beauchamp Clark (D)
 * Missouri's 10th congressional district. Richard Bartholdt (R)
 * Missouri's 11th congressional district. Patrick F. Gill (D)
 * Missouri's 12th congressional district. Harry M. Coudrey (R)
 * Missouri's 13th congressional district. Politte Elvins (R)
 * Missouri's 14th congressional district. Charles A. Crow (R)
 * Missouri's 15th congressional district. Charles H. Morgan (R)
 * Missouri's 16th congressional district. Arthur P. Murphy (R)

Montana

 * Montana's at-large congressional district. Charles N. Pray (R)

Nebraska

 * Nebraska's 1st congressional district. John A. Maguire (D)
 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D)
 * Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. James P. Latta (D)
 * Nebraska's 4th congressional district. Edmund H. Hinshaw (R)
 * Nebraska's 5th congressional district. George W. Norris (R)
 * Nebraska's 6th congressional district. Moses P. Kinkaid (R)

Nevada

 * Nevada's at-large congressional district. George A. Bartlett (D)

New Hampshire

 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. Cyrus A. Sulloway (R)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. Frank Dunklee Currier (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. Ira W. Wood (R)
 * New Jersey's 5th congressional district. Charles N. Fowler (R)
 * New Jersey's 6th congressional district. William Hughes (D)
 * New Jersey's 7th congressional district. Richard Wayne Parker (R)
 * New Jersey's 8th congressional district. William H. Wiley (R)
 * New Jersey's 9th congressional district. Eugene F. Kinkead (D)
 * New Jersey's 10th congressional district. James A. Hamill (D)

New York

 * New York's 1st congressional district. William W. Cocks (R)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. George H. Lindsay (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Otto G. Foelker (R)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Charles B. Law (R)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Richard Young (R)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. William M. Calder (R)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. John J. Fitzgerald (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. Daniel J. Riordan (D)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. Henry M. Goldfogle (D)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. William Sulzer (D)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. Charles V. Fornes (D)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. Michael F. Conry (D)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. Herbert Parsons (R)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. William Willett Jr. (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. J. Van Vechten Olcott (R)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. Francis B. Harrison (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. William S. Bennet (R)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. Joseph A. Goulden (D)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. John E. Andrus (R)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Thomas W. Bradley (R)
 * New York's 21st congressional district. Hamilton Fish II (R)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. William H. Draper (R)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. George N. Southwick (R)
 * New York's 24th congressional district. George W. Fairchild (R)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. Cyrus Durey (R)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. George R. Malby (R)
 * New York's 27th congressional district. Charles S. Millington (R)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. Charles L. Knapp (R)
 * New York's 29th congressional district. Michael E. Driscoll (R)
 * New York's 30th congressional district. John W. Dwight (R)
 * New York's 31st congressional district. Sereno E. Payne (R)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district. James B. Perkins (R), until March 11, 1910
 * James Smith Havens (D), from April 19, 1910
 * New York's 33rd congressional district. J. Sloat Fassett (R)
 * New York's 34th congressional district. James S. Simmons (R)
 * New York's 35th congressional district. Daniel A. Driscoll (D)
 * New York's 36th congressional district. De Alva S. Alexander (R)
 * New York's 37th congressional district. Edward B. Vreeland (R)

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. John Humphrey Small (D)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Claude Kitchin (D)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Charles R. Thomas (D)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. Edward W. Pou (D)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. John M. Morehead (R)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Hannibal L. Godwin (D)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Robert N. Page (D)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Charles H. Cowles (R)
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. Edwin Y. Webb (D)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. John G. Grant (R)

North Dakota

 * North Dakota's 1st congressional district. Louis B. Hanna (R)
 * North Dakota's 2nd congressional district. Asle Gronna (R), until February 11, 1911

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. Nicholas Longworth (R)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. Herman P. Goebel (R)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. James M. Cox (D)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. William E. Tou Velle (D)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. Timothy T. Ansberry (D)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. Matthew R. Denver (D)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. J. Warren Keifer (R)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. Ralph D. Cole (R)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. Isaac R. Sherwood (D)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. Adna R. Johnson (R)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. Albert Douglas (R)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. Edward L. Taylor Jr. (R)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. Carl C. Anderson (D)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. William G. Sharp (D)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. James Joyce (R)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district. David Hollingsworth (R)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district. William A. Ashbrook (D)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. James Kennedy (R)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district. W. Aubrey Thomas (R)
 * Ohio's 20th congressional district. L. Paul Howland (R)
 * Ohio's 21st congressional district. James H. Cassidy (R), from April 20, 1909

Oklahoma

 * Oklahoma's 1st congressional district. Bird Segle McGuire (R)
 * Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district. Dick Thompson Morgan (R)
 * Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district. Charles E. Creager (R)
 * Oklahoma's 4th congressional district. Charles D. Carter (D)
 * Oklahoma's 5th congressional district. Scott Ferris (D)

Oregon

 * Oregon's 1st congressional district. Willis C. Hawley (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. Joel Cook (R), until December 15, 1910
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. J. Hampton Moore (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Reuben O. Moon (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. William W. Foulkrod (R), until November 13, 1910
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. George D. McCreary (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. Thomas S. Butler (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. Irving P. Wanger (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. William W. Griest (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Thomas D. Nicholls (ID)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Henry W. Palmer (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. Alfred B. Garner (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. John H. Rothermel (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. Charles C. Pratt (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. William B. Wilson (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. John G. McHenry (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Benjamin K. Focht (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Marlin E. Olmsted (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. John M. Reynolds (R), until January 17, 1911
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. Daniel F. Lafean (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district. Charles F. Barclay (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district. George F. Huff (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district. Allen F. Cooper (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district. John K. Tener (R), until January 16, 1911
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district. Arthur L. Bates (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district. A. Mitchell Palmer (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district. J. N. Langham (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 28th congressional district. Nelson P. Wheeler (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 29th congressional district. William H. Graham (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 30th congressional district. John Dalzell (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 31st congressional district. James F. Burke (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 32nd congressional district. Andrew J. Barchfeld (R)

Rhode Island

 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. William P. Sheffield Jr. (R)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district. Adin B. Capron (R)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. George S. Legare (D)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. James O. Patterson (D)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Wyatt Aiken (D)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. Joseph T. Johnson (D)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. David E. Finley (D)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. J. Edwin Ellerbe (D)
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district. Asbury F. Lever (D)

South Dakota

 * South Dakota's at-large congressional district. Charles H. Burke (R)
 * South Dakota's at-large congressional district. Eben W. Martin (R)

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. Walter P. Brownlow (R), until July 8, 1910
 * Zachary D. Massey (R), from November 8, 1910
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. Richard W. Austin (R)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. John A. Moon (D)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Cordell Hull (D)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. William C. Houston (D)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. Joseph W. Byrns (D)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. Lemuel P. Padgett (D)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. Thetus W. Sims (D)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district. Finis J. Garrett (D)
 * Tennessee's 10th congressional district. George W. Gordon (D)

Texas

 * Texas's 1st congressional district. Morris Sheppard (D)
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district. Martin Dies (D)
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district. Gordon J. Russell (D), until June 14, 1910
 * Robert M. Lively (D), from July 23, 1910
 * Texas's 4th congressional district. Choice B. Randell (D)
 * Texas's 5th congressional district. James Andrew Beall (D)
 * Texas's 6th congressional district. Rufus Hardy (D)
 * Texas's 7th congressional district. Alexander W. Gregg (D)
 * Texas's 8th congressional district. John M. Moore (D)
 * Texas's 9th congressional district. George Farmer Burgess (D)
 * Texas's 10th congressional district. Albert S. Burleson (D)
 * Texas's 11th congressional district. Robert L. Henry (D)
 * Texas's 12th congressional district. Oscar W. Gillespie (D)
 * Texas's 13th congressional district. John H. Stephens (D)
 * Texas's 14th congressional district. James L. Slayden (D)
 * Texas's 15th congressional district. John Nance Garner (D)
 * Texas's 16th congressional district. William R. Smith (D)

Utah

 * Utah's at-large congressional district. Joseph Howell (R)

Vermont

 * Vermont's 1st congressional district. David J. Foster (R)
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district. Frank Plumley (R)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. William A. Jones (D)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Harry L. Maynard (D)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. John Lamb (D)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. Francis R. Lassiter (D), until October 31, 1909
 * Robert Turnbull (D), from March 8, 1910
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. Edward W. Saunders (D)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Carter Glass (D)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. James Hay (D)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. Charles Creighton Carlin (D)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. C. Bascom Slemp (R)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. Henry D. Flood (D)

Washington

 * Washington's 1st congressional district. William E. Humphrey (R)
 * Washington's 2nd congressional district. Francis W. Cushman (R), until July 6, 1909
 * William W. McCredie (R), from November 2, 1909
 * Washington's 3rd congressional district. Miles Poindexter (R)

West Virginia

 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district. William P. Hubbard (R)
 * West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. George Cookman Sturgiss (R)
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district. Joseph Holt Gaines (R)
 * West Virginia's 4th congressional district. Harry C. Woodyard (R)
 * West Virginia's 5th congressional district. James Anthony Hughes (R)

Wisconsin

 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. Henry Allen Cooper (R)
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. John M. Nelson (R)
 * Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. Arthur W. Kopp (R)
 * Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. William J. Cary (R)
 * Wisconsin's 5th congressional district. William H. Stafford (R)
 * Wisconsin's 6th congressional district. Charles H. Weisse (D)
 * Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. John J. Esch (R)
 * Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. James H. Davidson (R)
 * Wisconsin's 9th congressional district. Gustav Küstermann (R)
 * Wisconsin's 10th congressional district. Elmer A. Morse (R)
 * Wisconsin's 11th congressional district. Irvine L. Lenroot (R)

Wyoming

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

Non-voting members

 * Alaska Territory's at-large congressional district. James Wickersham (R)
 * Arizona Territory's at-large congressional district. Ralph Henry Cameron (R)
 * Hawaii Territory's at-large congressional district. Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole (R)
 * New Mexico's at-large congressional district. William Henry Andrews (R)
 * Philippines's at-large congressional district. Benito Legarda (Fed., R)
 * Philippines's at-large congressional district. Pablo Ocampo, until November 22, 1909 (D)
 * Manuel Quezon, (Unionist), from November 23, 1909
 * Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district. Tulio Larrínaga (Resident Commissioner), (Unionist)

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

Senate

 * Replacements: 13
 * Democratic: 1 seat net gain
 * Republican: 1 seat net loss
 * Deaths: 8
 * Resignations: 2
 * Vacancy: 1
 * Total seats with changes:  14

House of Representatives

 * Replacements: 12
 * Democratic: 3 seat gain
 * Republican: 3 seat loss
 * Deaths: 12
 * Resignations: 6
 * Contested elections: 0
 * Total seats with changes: 21

Senate

 * Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Charles A. Culberson; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom)
 * Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Jonathan P. Dolliver; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
 * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John Kean; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
 * Canadian Relations (Chairman: William A. Smith; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
 * Census (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
 * Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * Claims (Chairman: Henry E. Burnham; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
 * Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Samuel H. Piles; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
 * Coast Defenses (Chairman: George S. Nixon; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
 * Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
 * Conservation of National Resources (Chairman: Joseph M. Dixon; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands)
 * Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: James P. Taliaferro; Ranking Member: Norris Brown)
 * Cuban Relations (Chairman: George Sutherland; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)
 * Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman: Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)
 * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: Norris Brown)
 * Education and Labor (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
 * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: Henry Cabot Lodge)
 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Robert J. Gamble; Ranking Member: Murphy James Foster Jr.)
 * Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: Simon Guggenheim)
 * Examination of Disposition of Documents (Select)
 * Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
 * Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Chairman: Harry A. Richardson; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
 * Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Coe I. Crawford; Ranking Member: Jeff Davis)
 * Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Select) (Chairman: William O. Bradley; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
 * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Select) (Chairman: William Lorimer; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
 * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Joseph L. Bristow; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
 * Expenditures in the Department of State (Select) (Chairman: Elihu Root; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Select) (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
 * Expenditures in the War Department (Select) (Chairman: Henry A. du Pont; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
 * Finance (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
 * Fisheries (Chairman: Jonathan Bourne Jr.; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
 * Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Moses E. Clapp)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
 * Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: Frank B. Brandegee; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
 * Geological Survey (Chairman: Frank O. Briggs; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
 * Immigration (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
 * Indian Depredations (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
 * Indian Contracts Investigation (Select)
 * Industrial Expositions (Chairman: Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
 * Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Frank P. Flint; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
 * Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
 * Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
 * Library (Chairman: George P. Wetmore; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
 * Mines and Mining (Chairman: Charles Dick; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
 * Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: William Warner; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
 * National Banks (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
 * Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: Chauncey M. Depew; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
 * Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Elmer J. Burkett; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
 * Patents (Chairman: Norris Brown; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster Jr.)
 * Pensions (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
 * Philippines (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Joseph F. Johnston)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
 * Potomac River Front (Select)
 * Printing (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: John W. Smith)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: John W. Daniel; Ranking Member: Julius Kahn)
 * Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: John Kean)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Nathan B. Scott; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
 * Public Expenditures (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: Thomas S. Martin; Ranking Member: Chauncey M. Depew)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
 * Railroads (Chairman: Morgan G. Bulkeley; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
 * Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Joseph W. Bailey; Ranking Member: William O. Bradley)
 * Rules (Chairman: Winthrop Murray Crane; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
 * Standards, Weights and Measures (Select) (Chairman: Carroll S. Page; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
 * Tariff Regulation (Select)
 * Territories (Chairman: Albert J. Beveridge; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
 * Third Degree Ordeal
 * Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Samuel D. McEnery; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
 * Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: George T. Oliver; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
 * Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * Wages and Prices of Commodities (Select)
 * Whole
 * Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Alexander S. Clay; Ranking Member: Albert J. Beveridge)

House of Representatives

 * Accounts (Chairman: James A. Hughes; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett)
 * Agriculture (Chairman: Charles Frederick Scott; Ranking Member: John Lamb)
 * Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Nehemiah D. Sperry; Ranking Member: Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: James A. Tawney; Ranking Member: Leonidas F. Livingston)
 * Banking and Currency (Chairman: Edward B. Vreeland; Ranking Member: Arsene Pujo)
 * Census (Chairman: Edgar D. Crumpacker; Ranking Member: James Hay)
 * Claims (Chairman: George W. Prince; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
 * Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William B. McKinley; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Hardwick)
 * Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Arthur L. Bates; Ranking Member: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Samuel W. Smith; Ranking Member: Dorsey W. Shackleford)
 * Education (Chairman: James F. Burke; Ranking Member: Asbury F. Lever)
 * Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Joseph H. Gaines; Ranking Member: William W. Rucker)
 * Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Charles L. Knapp; Ranking Member: Ollie M. James)
 * Elections No.#2 (Chairman: James M. Miller; Ranking Member: William E. Tou Velle)
 * Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Michael E. Driscoll; Ranking Member: Charles C. Carlin)
 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William W. Wilson; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
 * Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: William H. Graham; Ranking Member: Henry D. Flood)
 * Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman: David J. Foster; Ranking Member: Arsene P. Pujo)
 * Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Bird S. McGuire; Ranking Member: Robert N. Page)
 * Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Sydney E. Mudd; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
 * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Henry S. Boutell; Ranking Member: Lemuel P. Padgett)
 * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Irving P. Wanger; Ranking Member: Carter Glass)
 * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Don C. Edwards; Ranking Member: Courtney W. Hamlin)
 * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Ebenezer J. Hill; Ranking Member: John Lamb)
 * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: George P. Lawrence; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Rhinock)
 * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: E. Stevens Henry; Ranking Member: John H. Small)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: James B. Perkins; Ranking Member: William M. Howard)
 * Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Benjamin F. Howell; Ranking Member: John L. Burnett)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Charles H. Burke; Ranking Member: John H. Stephens)
 * Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: William A. Rodenberg; Ranking Member: Harry L. Maynard)
 * Insular Affairs (Chairman: Marlin E. Olmsted; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
 * Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: James R. Mann; Ranking Member: William C. Adamson)
 * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member: George H. Lindsay)
 * Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: William A. Reeder; Ranking Member: William R. Smith)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Richard W. Parker; Ranking Member: Henry De Lamar Clayton)
 * Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
 * Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: Philip P. Campbell; Ranking Member: Robert B. Macon)
 * Library (Chairman: Samuel W. McCall; Ranking Member: William M. Howard)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: Henry McMorran; Ranking Member: Joseph T. Johnson)
 * Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: William S. Greene; Ranking Member: Thomas Spight)
 * Mileage (Chairman: Charles A. Kennedy; Ranking Member: Matthew R. Denver)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
 * Militia (Chairman: Halvor Steenerson; Ranking Member: John Gill Jr.)
 * Mines and Mining (Chairman: George F. Huff; Ranking Member: George A. Bartlett)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: George E. Foss; Ranking Member: Lemuel P. Padgett)
 * Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Thomas S. Butler; Ranking Member: James L. Slayden)
 * Patents (Chairman: Frank D. Currier; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
 * Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: William Richardson)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John W. Weeks; Ranking Member: John A. Moon)
 * Printing (Chairman: Allen F. Cooper; Ranking Member: David E. Finley)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Ernest W. Roberts; Ranking Member: William A. Jones)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt; Ranking Member: William G. Brantley)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Frank W. Mondell; Ranking Member: Adam M. Byrd)
 * Railways and Canals (Chairman: James H. Davidson; Ranking Member: William Hughes)
 * Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick H. Gillett; Ranking Member: William O. Barnard)
 * Revision of Laws (Chairman: Reuben O. Moon; Ranking Member: John T. Watkins)
 * Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: De Alva S. Alexander; Ranking Member: Stephen M. Sparkman)
 * Rules (Chairman: John Dalzell; Ranking Member: Champ Clark)
 * Standards of Official Conduct
 * Territories (Chairman: Edward L. Hamilton; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)
 * Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: George D. McCreary; Ranking Member: George W. Rauch)
 * War Claims (Chairman: Charles B. Law; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: Champ Clark)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
 * Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
 * Investigate the Interior Department and Forestry Service
 * The Library
 * Printing

Caucuses

 * Democratic (House)
 * Democratic (Senate)

Legislative branch agency directors

 * Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
 * Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
 * Public Printer of the United States: Samuel B. Donnelly

Senate

 * Chaplain: Edward E. Hale (Unitarian) until June 10, 1909
 * Ulysses G.B. Pierce (Unitarian) elected June 18, 1909
 * Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin
 * Secretary: Charles G. Bennett
 * Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell

House of Representatives

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