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Español53RD UNITED STATES CONGRESS
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The 'Fifty-third United States Congress' was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1893 to March 3 1895, during the first two years of the second administration of U.S. President Grover Cleveland.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Eleventh Census of the United States in 1890. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
| Contents |
| Dates of sessions |
| Party summary |
| Leadership |
| Major events |
| Major legislation |
| Members |
| Senate |
| House of Representatives |
| Delegates |
| Changes in membership |
| Officers |
| Notes |
| References |
| External links |
Dates of sessions
March 4 1893 - March 3 1895
★ First session: August 7 1893 – November 3 1893
★ Second session: December 4 1893 - August 28 1894
★ Third session: December 3 1894 - March 3 1895 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 52nd Congress
Next congress: 54th Congress
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' ★ Democratic: 44 ''(majority)'' ★ Republican: 40 ★ Populist: 3 ★ Silver: 1'TOTAL members: 88' | :'House of Representatives' ★ Democratic: 218 ''(majority)'' ★ Republican: 124 ★ Populist: 11 ★ Silver: 1 ★ Independent Democratic: 2'TOTAL members: 356' |
Leadership
:'Senate'
★ Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
★
★ Adlai E. Stevenson, of Illinois
★ President pro tempore of the Senate:
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★ Charles Frederick Manderson, ''Republican'' of Nebraska, reelected March 4 1893.
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★ Isham Green Harris, ''Democratic'' of Tennessee, elected March 22 1893.
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★ Matt Whitaker Ransom, ''Democratic'' of North Carolina, elected January 7 1895.
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★ Isham Green Harris, ''Democratic'' of Tennessee, elected January 10 1895.
:'House of Representatives'
★ Speaker of the House
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★ Charles F. Crisp, ''Democratic'' of Georgia, reelected August 7 1893.
Major events
:''Main article: Events of 1893; Events of 1894; Events of 1895''
★ March 4 1893 Grover Cleveland became President of the United States
Major legislation
:''Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 53rd Congress
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
:''See also: 53rd United States Congress - political parties''
:''See also: 53rd United States Congress - State Delegations''
:''See also: United States House election, 1892''
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 this Congress, requiring reelection in 1898; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1894; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1896.
:''See also:
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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' ★ 3: Leland Stanford ''(R)'' ★ : George C. Perkins ''(R)'' ★ 1: Stephen M. White ''(D)'' :'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: Anthony Higgins ''(R)'' :'Florida' ★ 3: Wilkinson Call ''(D)'' ★ 1: Samuel Pasco ''(D)'' :'Georgia' ★ 2: Alfred H. Colquitt ''(D)'' ★ : Patrick Walsh ''(D)'' ★ 3: John B. Gordon ''(D)'' :'Idaho' ★ 2: George L. Shoup ''(R)'' ★ 3: Fred T. Dubois ''(R)'' :'Illinois' ★ 2: Shelby M. Cullom ''(R)'' ★ 3: John McAuley Palmer ''(D)'' :'Indiana' ★ 3: Daniel W. Voorhees ''(D)'' ★ 1: David Turpie ''(D)'' :'Iowa' ★ 3: William B. Allison ''(R)'' ★ 2: James F. Wilson ''(R)'' :'Kansas' ★ 3: William A. Peffer ''(P)'' ★ 2: John Martin ''(D)'' :'Kentucky' ★ 3: Joseph C. S. Blackburn ''(D)'' ★ 2: William Lindsay ''(D)'' :'Louisiana' ★ 3: Edward D. White ''(D)'' ★ : Newton C. Blanchard ''(D)'' ★ 2: Donelson Caffery ''(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' ★ 1: Francis B. Stockbridge ''(R)'' ★ : John Patton, Jr. ''(R)'' ★ : Julius C. Burrows ''(R)'' ★ 2: James McMillan ''(R)'' :'Minnesota' ★ 1: Cushman K. Davis ''(R)'' ★ 2: William D. Washburn ''(R)'' :'Mississippi' ★ 1: James Z. George ''(D)'' ★ 2: Edward C. Walthall ''(D)'' ★ : Anselm J. McLaurin ''(D)'' :'Missouri' ★ 1: Francis M. Cockrell ''(D)'' ★ 3: George G. Vest ''(D)'' :'Montana' ★ 2: Thomas C. Power ''(R)'' ★ 1: Lee Mantle ''(R)'' :'Nebraska' ★ 2: Charles F. Manderson ''(R)'' ★ 1: William V. Allen ''(P)'' :'Nevada' ★ 3: John P. Jones ''(R)'' ★ 1: William M. Stewart ''(S)'' :'New Hampshire' ★ 2: William E. Chandler ''(R)'' ★ 3: Jacob H. Gallinger ''(R)'' :'New Jersey' ★ 2: John R. McPherson ''(D)'' ★ 1: James Smith, Jr. ''(D)'' :'New York' ★ 3: David B. Hill ''(D)'' ★ 1: Edward Murphy, Jr. ''(D)'' :'North Carolina' ★ 2: Matt W. Ransom ''(D)'' ★ 3: Zebulon B. Vance ''(D)'' ★ : Thomas J. Jarvis ''(D)'' ★ : Jeter C. Pritchard ''(R)'' | :'North Dakota' ★ 3: Henry C. Hansbrough ''(R)'' ★ 1: William N. Roach ''(D)'' :'Ohio' ★ 1: John Sherman ''(R)'' ★ 3: Calvin S. Brice ''(D)'' :'Oregon' ★ 2: Joseph N. Dolph ''(R)'' ★ 3: John H. Mitchell ''(R)'' :'Pennsylvania' ★ 3: J. Donald Cameron ''(R)'' ★ 1: Matthew S. Quay ''(R)'' :'Rhode Island' ★ 1: Nelson W. Aldrich ''(R)'' ★ 2: Nathan F. Dixon, III ''(R)'' :'South Carolina' ★ 2: Matthew C. Butler ''(D)'' ★ 3: John L. M. Irby ''(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' ★ 2: Richard Coke ''(D)'' ★ 1: Roger Q. Mills ''(D)'' :'Vermont' ★ 3: Justin S. Morrill ''(R)'' ★ 1: Redfield Proctor ''(R)'' :'Virginia' ★ 1: John W. Daniel ''(D)'' ★ 2: Eppa Hutton, II ''(D)'' :'Washington' ★ 3: Watson C. Squire ''(R)'' ★ 1: John L. Wilson ''(R)'' :'West Virginia' ★ 1: Charles J. Faulkner ''(D)'' ★ 2: Johnson N. Camden ''(D)'' :'Wisconsin' ★ 3: William F. Vilas ''(D)'' ★ 1: John L. Mitchell ''(D)'' :'Wyoming' ★ 2: Joseph M. Carey ''(R)'' ★ 1: Clarence D. Clark ''(R)'' |  President ''pro tempore'' Charles F. Manderson  President ''pro tempore'' Isham G. Harris  President ''pro tempore'' Matt W. Ransom |
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise ''at-large,'' are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
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:''See also:
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
| :'Senate' ★ replacements: 6 ★ ★ Democratic: no net change ★ ★ Republican: no net change ★ ★ Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss ★ deaths: 4 ★ resignations: 8 ★ interim appointments: 2 ★ 'Total seats with changes: 12' | :'House of Representatives' ★ replacements: 21 ★ ★ Democratic: 1 seat net loss ★ ★ Republican: 1 seat net gain ★ deaths: 11 ★ resignations: 17 ★ contested election: 3 ★ 'Total seats with changes: 31' |
Officers
Notes
1. Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
2. Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
References
★ The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, , Kenneth C., Martis, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1989,
★ The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, , Kenneth C., Martis, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1982,
External links
★ Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
★ U.S. House of Representatives: House History
★ U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
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