54th United States Congress

54th United States Congress

53rd ← → 55th United States Capitol (1906) Duration: March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 Senate President: Adlai E. Stevenson Senate Pres. pro tem: William P. Frye House Speaker: Thomas B. Reed Members: 90 Senators 357 Representatives 4 Non-voting members Senate Majority: Republican House Majority: Republican Sessions 1st: December 2, 1895 – June 11, 1896 2nd: December 7, 1896 – March 3, 1897

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

Major events

Main articles: 1895 in the United States, 1896 in the United States, and 1897 in the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 54th United States Congress

• May 21, 1896: Oil Pipe Line Act, 29 Stat. 127 (43 U.S.C. § 962 et seq.)
• May 22, 1896: Condemned Cannon Act, 29 Stat. 133
• May 28, 1896: United States Commissioners Act, 29 Stat. 184
• June 1, 1896: Married Women's Rights Act (District of Columbia), 29 Stat. 193
• June 6, 1896: Filled Cheese Act, 29 Stat. 253
• January 13, 1897: Stock Reservoir Act, 29 Stat. 484, (43 U.S.C. § 952 et seq.)
• March 2, 1897: Tea Importation Act, 29 Stat. 604, (21 U.S.C. § 41 et seq.)

States admitted

• January 4, 1896: Utah was admitted as a state

Party summary

Senate composition, by party:

  Democratic

  Republican

  One Democratic, one Republican

  Populist

  Silver

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

Senate

	Party (Shading shows control)					Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Populist (P)	Republican (R)	Silver (S)	Other (O)
End of the previous congress	43	3	41	1	0	88	0
Begin	39	4	42	2	0	87	1
End	40		44			90	0
Final voting share	44.4%	4.4%	48.9%	2.2%	0.0%
Beginning of the next congress	33	5	43	2	5 (Silver Republican)	88	2

House of Representatives

	Party (Shading shows control)					Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Populist (P)	Republican (R)	Silver (S)	Other (O)
End of the previous congress	217	11	123	1	2	354	2
Begin	104	7	240	1	0	352	4
End	94	9	252			356	1
Final voting share	26.4%	2.5%	70.8%	0.3%	0.0%
Beginning of the next congress	124	22	206	1	4 (Silver Republican & Independent)	357	0

Leadership

President of the Senate
Adlai E. Stevenson

Speaker of the House
Thomas B. Reed

Senate

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

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Arthur P. Gorman

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Thomas B. Reed (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Republican Conference Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Democratic Caucus Chairman: David B. Culberson

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate

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

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Alabama

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

Arkansas

• 3: James K. Jones (D)
• 2: James H. Berry (D)

California

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

Colorado

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

Connecticut

• 3: Orville H. Platt (R)
• 1: Joseph R. Hawley (R)

Delaware

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

Florida

• 3: Wilkinson Call (D)
• 1: Samuel Pasco (D)

Georgia

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

Idaho

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

Illinois

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

Indiana

• 3: Daniel W. Voorhees (D)
• 1: David Turpie (D)

Iowa

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

Kansas

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

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

• 2: Donelson Caffery (D)
• 3: Newton C. Blanchard (D)

Maine

• 1: Eugene Hale (R)
• 2: William P. Frye (R)

Maryland

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

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

• 2: James McMillan (R)
• 1: Julius C. Burrows (R)

Minnesota

• 1: Cushman K. Davis (R)
• 2: Knute Nelson (R)

Mississippi

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

Missouri

• 1: Francis M. Cockrell (D)
• 3: George G. Vest (D)

Montana

• 1: Lee Mantle (R)
• 2: Thomas H. Carter (R)

Nebraska

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

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

• 1: James Smith, Jr. (D)
• 2: William J. Sewell (R)

New York

• 3: David B. Hill (D)
• 1: Edward Murphy, Jr. (D)

North Carolina

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

North Dakota

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

Ohio

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

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

South Dakota

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

Tennessee

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

Texas

• 1: Roger Q. Mills (D)
• 2: Horace Chilton (D)

Utah

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

Vermont

• 3: Justin S. Morrill (R)
• 1: Redfield Proctor (R)

Virginia

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

Washington

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

West Virginia

• 1: Charles J. Faulkner (D)
• 2: Stephen B. Elkins (R)

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

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

House of Representatives

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

Alabama

• 1. Richard H. Clarke (D)
• 2. Jesse F. Stallings (D)
• 3. George P. Harrison (D)
• 4. Gaston A. Robbins (D), until March 13, 1896
  • William F. Aldrich (R), from March 13, 1896
• 5. James E. Cobb (D), until April 21, 1896
  • Albert T. Goodwyn (P), from April 22, 1896
• 6. John H. Bankhead (D)
• 7. Milford W. Howard (P)
• 8. Joseph Wheeler (D)
• 9. Oscar Underwood (D), until June 9, 1896
  • Truman H. Aldrich (R), from June 9, 1896

Arkansas

• 1. Philip D. McCulloch, Jr. (D)
• 2. John S. Little (D)
• 3. Thomas C. McRae (D)
• 4. William L. Terry (D)
• 5. Hugh A. Dinsmore (D)
• 6. Robert Neill (D)

California

• 1. John A. Barham (R)
• 2. Grove L. Johnson (R)
• 3. Samuel G. Hilborn (R)
• 4. James G. Maguire (D)
• 5. Eugene F. Loud (R)
• 6. James McLachlan (R)
• 7. William W. Bowers (R)

Colorado

• 1. John F. Shafroth (R)
• 2. John C. Bell (P)

Connecticut

• 1. E. Stevens Henry (R)
• 2. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)
• 3. Charles A. Russell (R)
• 4. Ebenezer J. Hill (R)

Delaware

• At-large. Jonathan S. Willis (R)

Florida

• 1. Stephen M. Sparkman (D)
• 2. Charles M. Cooper (D)

Georgia

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

Idaho

• At-large. Edgar Wilson (R)

Illinois

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

Indiana

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

Iowa

• 1. Samuel M. Clark (R)
• 2. George M. Curtis (R)
• 3. David B. Henderson (R)
• 4. Thomas Updegraff (R)
• 5. Robert G. Cousins (R)
• 6. John F. Lacey (R)
• 7. John A. T. Hull (R)
• 8. William P. Hepburn (R)
• 9. Alva L. Hager (R)
• 10. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)
• 11. George D. Perkins (R)

Kansas

• 1. Case Broderick (R)
• 2. Orrin L. Miller (R)
• 3. Snyder S. Kirkpatrick (R)
• 4. Charles Curtis (R)
• 5. William A. Calderhead (R)
• 6. William Baker (P)
• 7. Chester I. Long (R)
• At-large. Richard W. Blue (R)

Kentucky

• 1. John K. Hendrick (D)
• 2. John D. Clardy (D)
• 3. W. Godfrey Hunter (R)
• 4. John W. Lewis (R)
• 5. Walter Evans (R)
• 6. Albert S. Berry (D)
• 7. William C. Owens (D)
• 8. James B. McCreary (D)
• 9. Samuel J. Pugh (R)
• 10. Joseph M. Kendall (D), until February 18, 1897
  • Nathan T. Hopkins (R), from February 18, 1897
• 11. David G. Colson (R)

Louisiana

• 1. Adolph Meyer (D)
• 2. Charles F. Buck (D)
• 3. Andrew Price (D)
• 4. Henry W. Ogden (D)
• 5. Charles J. Boatner (D), until March 20, 1896
  • Charles J. Boatner (D), from June 10, 1896
• 6. Samuel M. Robertson (D)

Maine

• 1. Thomas B. Reed (R)
• 2. Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R)
• 3. Seth L. Milliken (R)
• 4. Charles A. Boutelle (R)

Maryland

• 1. Joshua W. Miles (D)
• 2. William B. Baker (R)
• 3. Henry W. Rusk (D)
• 4. John K. Cowen (D)
• 5. Charles E. Coffin (R)
• 6. George L. Wellington (R)

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

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

Minnesota

• 1. James Albertus Tawney (R)
• 2. James McCleary (R)
• 3. Joel Heatwole (R)
• 4. Andrew Kiefer (R)
• 5. Loren Fletcher (R)
• 6. Charles A. Towne (R)
• 7. Frank Eddy (R)

Mississippi

• 1. John M. Allen (D)
• 2. John Kyle (D)
• 3. Thomas C. Catchings (D)
• 4. Hernando Money (D)
• 5. John Sharp Williams (D)
• 6. Walter McKennon Denny (D)
• 7. James G. Spencer (D)

Missouri

• 1. Charles N. Clark (R)
• 2. Uriel S. Hall (D)
• 3. Alexander M. Dockery (D)
• 4. George C. Crowther (R)
• 5. John C. Tarsney (D), until February 27, 1896
  • Robert T. Van Horn (R), from February 27, 1896
• 6. David A. De Armond (D)
• 7. John P. Tracey (R)
• 8. Joel D. Hubbard (R)
• 9. William M. Treloar (R)
• 10. Richard Bartholdt (R)
• 11. Charles F. Joy (R)
• 12. Seth W. Cobb (D)
• 13. John H. Raney (R)
• 14. Norman A. Mozley (R)
• 15. Charles G. Burton (R)

Montana

• At-large. Charles S. Hartman (R)

Nebraska

• 1. Jesse B. Strode (R)
• 2. David H. Mercer (R)
• 3. George D. Meiklejohn (R)
• 4. Eugene J. Hainer (R)
• 5. William E. Andrews (R)
• 6. Omer M. Kem (P)

Nevada

• At-large. Francis G. Newlands (S)

New Hampshire

• 1. Cyrus A. Sulloway (R)
• 2. Henry M. Baker (R)

New Jersey

• 1. Henry C. Loudenslager (R)
• 2. John J. Gardner (R)
• 3. Benjamin F. Howell (R)
• 4. Mahlon Pitney (R)
• 5. James F. Stewart (R)
• 6. Richard Wayne Parker (R)
• 7. Thomas McEwan, Jr. (R)
• 8. Charles N. Fowler (R)

New York

• 1. Richard C. McCormick (R)
• 2. Denis M. Hurley (R)
• 3. Francis H. Wilson (R)
• 4. Israel F. Fischer (R)
• 5. Charles G. Bennett (R)
• 6. James R. Howe (R)
• 7. Franklin Bartlett (D)
• 8. James J. Walsh (D), until June 2, 1896
  • John M. Mitchell (R), from June 2, 1896
• 9. Henry Clay Miner (D)
• 10. Amos J. Cummings (D) from November 5, 1895
• 11. William Sulzer (D)
• 12. George B. McClellan, Jr. (D)
• 13. Richard C. Shannon (R)
• 14. Lemuel E. Quigg (R)
• 15. Philip B. Low (R)
• 16. Benjamin L. Fairchild (R)
• 17. Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. (R)
• 18. Jacob LeFever (R)
• 19. Frank S. Black (R), until January 7, 1897, vacant thereafter
• 20. George N. Southwick (R)
• 21. David F. Wilber (R)
• 22. Newton M. Curtis (R)
• 23. Wallace T. Foote, Jr. (R)
• 24. Charles A. Chickering (R)
• 25. James S. Sherman (R)
• 26. George W. Ray (R)
• 27. Theodore L. Poole (R)
• 28. Sereno E. Payne (R)
• 29. Charles W. Gillet (R)
• 30. James W. Wadsworth (R)
• 31. Henry C. Brewster (R)
• 32. Rowland B. Mahany (R)
• 33. Charles Daniels (R)
• 34. Warren B. Hooker (R)

North Carolina

• 1. Harry Skinner (P)
• 2. Frederick A. Woodard (D)
• 3. John G. Shaw (D)
• 4. William F. Strowd (P)
• 5. Thomas Settle, III (R)
• 6. James A. Lockhart (D), until June 5, 1896
  • Charles H. Martin (P), from June 5, 1896
• 7. Alonzo C. Shuford (P)
• 8. Romulus Z. Linney (R)
• 9. Richmond Pearson (R)

North Dakota

• At-large. Martin N. Johnson (R)

Ohio

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

Oregon

• 1. Binger Hermann (R)
• 2. William R. Ellis (R)

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

• 1. Melville Bull (R)
• 2. Warren O. Arnold (R)

South Carolina

• 1. William Elliott (D), until June 4, 1896
  • George W. Murray (R), from June 4, 1896
• 2. William J. Talbert (D)
• 3. Asbury C. Latimer (D)
• 4. Stanyarne Wilson (D)
• 5. Thomas J. Strait (D)
• 6. John L. McLaurin (D)
• 7. J. William Stokes (D), until June 1, 1896
  • J. William Stokes (D), from November 3, 1896

South Dakota

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. Robert J. Gamble (R)
• At-large. John Pickler (R)

Tennessee

• 1. William C. Anderson (R)
• 2. Henry R. Gibson (R)
• 3. Foster V. Brown (R)
• 4. Benton McMillin (D)
• 5. James D. Richardson (D)
• 6. Joseph E. Washington (D)
• 7. Nicholas N. Cox (D)
• 8. John E. McCall (R)
• 9. James C. McDearmon (D)
• 10. Josiah Patterson (D)

Texas

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

Utah

• At-large. Clarence E. Allen (R), from January 4, 1896

Vermont

• 1. H. Henry Powers (R)
• 2. William W. Grout (R)

Virginia

• 1. William A. Jones (D)
• 2. D. Gardiner Tyler (D)
• 3. Tazewell Ellett (D)
• 4. William R. McKenney (D), until May 2, 1896
  • Robert T. Thorp (R), from May 2, 1896
• 5. Claude A. Swanson (D)
• 6. Peter J. Otey (D)
• 7. Smith S. Turner (D)
• 8. Elisha E. Meredith (D)
• 9. James A. Walker (R)
• 10. Henry St. George Tucker III (D)

Washington

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. William H. Doolittle (R)
• At-large. Samuel C. Hyde (R)

West Virginia

• 1. Blackburn B. Dovener (R)
• 2. Alston G. Dayton (R)
• 3. James H. Huling (R)
• 4. Warren Miller (R)

Wisconsin

• 1. Henry Allen Cooper (R)
• 2. Edward Sauerhering (R)
• 3. Joseph W. Babcock (R)
• 4. Theobald Otjen (R)
• 5. Samuel S. Barney (R)
• 6. Samuel A. Cook (R)
• 7. Michael Griffin (R)
• 8. Edward S. Minor (R)
• 9. Alexander Stewart (R)
• 10. John J. Jenkins (R)

Wyoming

• At-large. Franklin W. Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

• Arizona Territory. Nathan O. Murphy (R)
• New Mexico Territory. Thomas B. Catron (R)
• Oklahoma Territory. Dennis T. Flynn (R)
• Utah Territory. Frank J. Cannon (R), until January 4, 1896 when statehood achieved

Changes in membership

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

Senate

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

State	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of successor's taking office
Utah (Class 1)	New seat	State was admitted to the Union	Frank J. Cannon (R)	January 22, 1896
Utah (Class 3)	New seat	State was admitted to the Union	Arthur Brown (R)	January 22, 1896
Delaware (Class 2)	Vacant	The seat was vacant because the legislature failed to elect a Senator. A successor was eventually elected	Richard R. Kenney (D)	January 19, 1897

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate

House of Representatives

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

District	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor	Date of successor's taking office
New York 10th	Vacant	Rep-elect Andrew J. Campbell died before the start of Congress	Amos J. Cummings (D)	November 5, 1895
Pennsylvania 15th	Edwin J. Jordan (R)	Resigned March 4, 1895	James H. Codding (R)	November 5, 1895
Illinois 10th	Vacant	Philip S. Post (R) was re-elected, but died before this Congress	George W. Prince (R)	December 2, 1895
Michigan 3rd	Vacant	Julius C. Burrows (R) was re-elected, but resigned in the previous Congress to serve in the Senate	Alfred Milnes (R)	December 2, 1895
Utah At-large	New seat	State was admitted to the Union	Clarence E. Allen (R)	January 4, 1896
Georgia 10th	James C. C. Black (D)	Resigned March 4, 1895, and was later elected to fill his own vacancy	James C. C. Black (D)	October 2, 1895
Massachusetts 6th	William Cogswell (R)	Died May 22, 1895	William H. Moody (R)	November 5, 1895
Illinois 18th	Frederick Remann (R)	Died July 14, 1895	William F. L. Hadley (R)	December 2, 1895
Illinois 3rd	Lawrence E. McGann (D)	Election was successfully challenged on December 27, 1895	Hugh R. Belknap (R)	December 27, 1895
Utah Territory AL	Frank J. Cannon (R)	Resigned January 4, 1896	Statehood achieved
Texas 11th	William H. Crain (D)	Died February 10, 1896	Rudolph Kleberg (D)	April 7, 1896
Missouri 5th	John C. Tarsney (D)	Election was successfully challenged on February 27, 1896	Robert T. Van Horn (R)	February 27, 1896
Alabama 4th	Gaston A. Robbins (D)	Election was successfully challenged on March 13, 1896	William F. Aldrich (R)	March 13, 1896
Virginia 4th	William R. McKenney (D)	Election was successfully challenged on May 2, 1896	Robert T. Thorp (R)	May 2, 1896
Louisiana 5th	Charles J. Boatner (D)	Election was challenged and declared vacant March 20, 1896. He was subsequently elected	Charles J. Boatner (D)	June 10, 1896
Alabama 5th	James E. Cobb (D)	Election was successfully challenged on April 21, 1896	Albert T. Goodwyn (P)	April 22, 1896
South Carolina 7th	J. William Stokes (D)	Seat declared vacant June 1, 1896, but he won re-election	J. William Stokes (D)	November 3, 1896
New York 8th	James J. Walsh (D)	Election was successfully challenged on June 2, 1896	John M. Mitchell (R)	June 2, 1896
South Carolina 1st	William Elliott (D)	Election was successfully challenged on June 4, 1896	George W. Murray (R)	June 4, 1896
Illinois 16th	Finis E. Downing (D)	Election was successfully challenged on June 5, 1896	John I. Rinaker (R)	June 5, 1896
North Carolina 6th	James A. Lockhart (D)	Election was successfully challenged on June 5, 1896	Charles H. Martin (P)	June 5, 1896
Alabama 9th	Oscar W. Underwood (D)	Election was successfully challenged on June 9, 1896	Truman H. Aldrich (R)	June 9, 1896
Georgia 3rd	Charles F. Crisp (D)	Died October 23, 1896	Charles R. Crisp (D)	December 19, 1896
New York 19th	Frank S. Black (R)	Resigned January 7, 1897	Vacant until next Congress
Kentucky 10th	Joseph M. Kendall (D)	Election was successfully challenged on February 18, 1897	Nathan T. Hopkins (R)	February 18, 1897

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark

Senate

• Chaplain: William H. Millburn (Methodist)
• Secretary: William Ruffin Cox
• Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright

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
• Sergeant at Arms: Benjamin F. Russell

See also

• United States elections, 1894 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1894
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1894
• United States elections, 1896 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1896
  • United States Senate elections, 1896
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1896

External links

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists