59TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS

'59th United States Congress'

United States Capitol (1906)
Session: March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1907
President of the Senate: Charles W. Fairbanks
President pro tempore of the Senate: William P. Frye
Speaker of the House: Joseph G. Cannon
Members: 386 Representatives
90 Senators
House Majority: Republican
Senate Majority: Republican

The 'Fifty-ninth 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 1905 to March 3 1907, during the first two years of the second administration of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Contents
Dates of sessions
Major events
Major legislation
Party summary
Senators
Representatives
Leaders
Senators
Representatives
Members
Senate
House of Representatives
Delegates
Resident Commissioner
Officers
Senate
House of Representatives
Other
References

Dates of sessions


March 4 1905 - March 3 1907

★ Special session of the Senate: March 4 1905 - March 18 1905

★ First session: December 4 1905 - June 30 1906

★ Second session: December 3 1906 - March 3 1907 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 58th Congress

Next congress: 60th Congress

Major events


:''Main article: Events of 1905; Events of 1906; Events of 1907''

Major legislation


The Carnegie Endowment for the Advancement of Teaching was founded in 1905, and chartered by Congress in 1906. [source: www.carnegiefoundation.org]

Party summary


Senators

Representatives

Leaders


'Senate'
President of the Senate: Charles W. Fairbanks
Senators

President of the Senate
Vice President
Charles W. Fairbanks

Representatives

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: 59th United States Congress - Political Parties''
:''See also: 59th United States Congress - State Delegations''
:''See also: United States House election, 1904''
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.
::'Alabama'
★ 2. John T. Morgan ''(Dem.)''
★ 3. Edmund W. Pettus ''(Dem.)''::'Arkansas'
★ 2. James H. Berry ''(Dem.)''
★ 3. James P. Clarke ''(Dem.)''::'California'
★ 3. George C. Perkins ''(Rep.)''
★ 1. Frank P. Flint ''(Rep.)''::'Colorado'
★ 3. Henry M. Teller ''(Dem.)''
★ 2. Thomas M. Patterson ''(Dem.)''::'Connecticut'
★ 3. Orville H. Platt ''(Rep.)'' ...died April 21, 1905
★ : Frank B. Brandegee ''(Rep.)'' ...appointed to fill vacancy, May 10, 1905, subsequently elected
★ 1. Morgan G. Bulkeley ''(Rep.)''::'Delaware'
★ 2. J. Frank Allee ''(Rep.)''
★ 1. Henry A. du Pont ... elected to fill vacancy, June 13, 1906::'Florida'
★ 3. Stephen Mallory ''(Dem.)''
★ 2. James P. Taliaferro ''(Dem.)''::'Georgia'
★ 2. Augustus O. Bacon ''(Dem.)''
★ 3. Alexander S. Clay ''(Dem.)''::'Idaho'
★ 2. Fred T. Dubois ''(Rep.)''
★ 3. Weldon B. Heyburn ''(Rep.)''::'Illinois'
★ 2. Shelby M. Cullom ''(Rep.)''
★ 3. Albert J. Hopkins ''(Rep.)''::'Indiana'
★ 1. Albert J. Beveridge ''(Rep.)''
★ 3. James A. Hemenway ''(Rep.)'' ... appointed to fill vacancy, March 4, 1905::'Iowa'
★ 3. William B. Allison ''(Rep.)''
★ 2. Jonathan P. Dolliver ''(Rep.)''::'Kansas'
★ 2. Joseph R. Burton ''(Rep.)'' ...resigned June 4, 1906
★ : Alfred W. Benson ''(Rep.)'' ...appointed to fill vacancy, June 11, 1906
★ 3. Chester I. Long ''(Rep.)''::'Kentucky'
★ 2. Joseph C. S. Blackburn ''(Dem.)''
★ 3. James B. McCreary ''(Dem.)''::'Louisiana'
★ 3. Samuel D. McEnery ''(Dem.)''
★ 2. Murphy J. Foster ''(Dem.)''::'Maine'
★ 1. Eugene Hale ''(Rep.)''
★ 2. William P. Frye ''(Rep.)''::'Maryland'
★ 3. Arthur P. Gorman ''(Dem.)'' ...died June 4, 1906
★ : William P. Whyte ''(Dem.)'' ...appointed to fill vacancy, June 8, 1906
★ 1. Isidor Rayner ''(Dem.)''::'Massachusetts'
★ 1. Henry Cabot Lodge ''(Rep.)''
★ 2: Winthrop M. Crane ''(Rep.)'' ::'Michigan'
★ 1. Julius C. Burrows ''(Rep.)''
★ 2. Russell A. Alger ''(Rep.)'' ...died January 24, 1907
★ : William A. Smith ''(Rep.)'' ...elected to fill vacancy, February 6, 1907, subsequently elected::'Minnesota'
★ 2. Knute Nelson ''(Rep.)''
★ 1. Moses E. Clapp ''(Rep.)''::'Mississippi'
★ 1. Hernando D. Money ''(Dem.)''
★ 2. Anselm J. McLaurin ''(Dem.)'' ::'Missouri'
★ 3. William J. Stone ''(Dem.)''
★ 1. William Warner ''(Rep.)''
::'Montana'
★ 2. William A. Clark ''(Dem.)''
★ 1. Thomas H. Carter ''(Rep.)''::'Nebraska'
★ 2. Joseph H. Millard ''(Rep.)''
★ 1. Elmer J. Burkett ''(Rep.)''::'Nevada'
★ 3. Francis G. Newlands ''(Dem.)''
★ 1. George S. Nixon ''(Rep.)''::'New Hampshire'
★ 3. Jacob H. Gallinger ''(Rep.)''
★ 2. Henry E. Burnham ''(Rep.)''::'New Jersey'
★ 1. John Kean ''(Rep.)''
★ 2. John F. Dryden ''(Rep.)'' ::'New York'
★ 3. Thomas C. Platt ''(Rep.)''
★ 1. Chauncey M. Depew ''(Rep.)'' ::'North Carolina'
★ 2. Furnifold M. Simmons ''(Dem.)''
★ 3. Lee S. Overman ''(Dem.)''::'North Dakota'
★ 3. Henry C. Hansbrough ''(Rep.)''
★ 1. Porter J. McCumber ''(Rep.)'' ::'Ohio'
★ 3. Joseph B. Foraker ''(Rep.)''
★ 1: Charles W. F. Dick ''(Rep.)''::'Oregon'
★ 2. John H. Mitchell ''(Rep.)'' ...died December 8, 1905
★ : John M. Gearin ''(Dem.)'' ...appointed to fill vacancy, December 13, 1905, served until January 23, 1907
★ : Frederick W. Mulkey ''(Rep.)'' ...elected January 23, 1907
★ 3. Charles W. Fulton ''(Rep.)''::'Pennsylvania'
★ 3. Boies Penrose ''(Rep.)''
★ 1. Philander C. Knox ''(Rep.)'' ::'Rhode Island'
★ 1. Nelson W. Aldrich ''(Rep.)''
★ 2. George P. Wetmore ''(Rep.)'' ::'South Carolina'
★ 2. Benjamin R. Tillman ''(Dem.)''
★ 3. Asbury C. Latimer ''(Dem.)''::'South Dakota'
★ 2. Robert J. Gamble ''(Rep.)''
★ 3. Alfred B. Kittredge ''Rep.)'' ::'Tennessee'
★ 1. William B. Bate ''(Dem.)'' ...died March 9, 1905
★ :James B. Frazier ''(Dem.)'' ...appointed to fill vacancy, March 21, 1905
★ 2. Edward W. Carmack ''(Dem.)'' ::'Texas'
★ 1. Charles A. Culberson ''(Dem.)''
★ 2. Joseph W. Bailey ''(Dem.)'' ::'Utah'
★ 3. Reed Smoot ''(Rep.)''
★ 1. George Sutherland ''(Rep.)''::'Vermont'
★ 1. Redfield Proctor ''(Rep.)''
★ 3. William P. Dillingham ''(Rep.)'' ::'Virginia'
★ 1. John W. Daniel ''(Dem.)''
★ 2. Thomas S. Martin ''(Dem.)'' ::'Washington'
★ 3. Levi Ankeny ''(Rep.)''
★ 1. Samuel H. Piles ''(Rep.)''::'West Virginia'
★ 2. Stephen B. Elkins ''(Rep.)''
★ 1. Nathan B. Scott ''(Rep.)''::'Wisconsin'
★ 3. John C. Spooner ''(Rep.)''
★ 1. Robert M. La Follette, Sr. ''(Rep.)'' ...elected to fill vacancy January 2, 1906]::'Wyoming'
★ 1. Clarence D. Clark ''(Rep.)''
★ 2. Francis E. Warren ''(Rep.)''

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.
:'Alabama'
George W. Taylor ''(Dem.)''
Ariosto A. Wiley ''(Dem.)''
Henry D. Clayton ''(Dem.)''
Sydney J. Bowie ''(Dem.)''
J. Thomas Heflin ''(Dem.)''
John H. Bankhead ''(Dem.)''
John L. Burnett ''(Dem.)''
William N. Richardson ''(Dem.)''
Oscar W. Underwood ''(Dem.)'':'Arkansas'
Robert B. Macon ''(Dem.)''
Stephen Brundidge, Jr. ''(Dem.)''
John C. Floyd ''(Dem.)''
John S. Little ''(Dem.)'', resigned January 14, 1907
Charles C. Reid ''(Dem.)''
Joseph Taylor Robinson ''(Dem.)''
Robert M. Wallace ''(Dem.)'':'California'
James N. Gillett ''(Rep.)'':
William F. Englebright ''(Rep.)''
Duncan E. McKinlay ''(Rep.)''
Joseph R. Knowland ''(Rep.)''
Julius Kahn ''(Rep.)''
Everis A. Hayes ''(Rep.)''
James C. Needham ''(Rep.)''
James McLachlan ''(Rep.)''
Sylvester C. Smith ''(Rep.)'' :'Colorado'
Robert W. Bonynge ''(Rep.)''
Herschel M. Hogg ''(Rep.)''
★ : Franklin E. Brooks ''(Rep.)'' :'Connecticut'
E. Stevens Henry ''(Rep.)''
Nehemiah D. Sperry ''(Rep.)''
Frank B. Brandegee ''(Rep.)'' :
Edwin W. Higgins ''(Rep.)''
Ebenezer J. Hill ''(Rep.)''
★ : George L. Lilley ''(Rep.)'' :'Delaware'
★ : Hiram R. Burton ''(Rep.)'':'Florida'
Stephen M. Sparkman ''(Dem.)''
Frank Clark ''(Dem.)''
William B. Lamar ''(Dem.)'':'Georgia'
James W. Overstreet ''(Dem.)''
James M. Griggs ''(Dem.)''
Elijah B. Lewis ''(Dem.)''
William C. Adamson ''(Dem.)''
Leonidas F. Livingston ''(Dem.)''
Charles L. Bartlett ''(Dem.)''
Gordon Lee ''(Dem.)''
William M. Howard ''(Dem.)''
Thomas M. Bell ''(Dem.)''
Thomas W. Hardwick ''(Dem.)''
William G. Brantley ''(Dem.)'':'Idaho'
★ : Burton L. French ''(Rep.)'' :'Illinois'
Martin B. Madden ''(Rep.)''
James R. Mann ''(Rep.)''
William W. Wilson ''(Rep.)''
Charles S. Wharton ''(Rep.)''
Anthony Michalek ''(Rep.)''
William Lorimer ''(Rep.)''
Philip Knopf ''(Rep.)''
Charles McGavin ''(Rep.)''
Henry S. Boutell ''(Rep.)''
George E. Foss ''(Rep.)''
Howard M. Snapp ''(Rep.)''
Charles Eugene Fuller ''(Rep.)''
Robert R. Hitt ''(Rep.)''
James McKinney ''(Rep.)''
George W. Prince ''(Rep.)''
Joseph V. Graff ''(Rep.)''
John A. Sterling ''(Rep.)''
Joseph G. Cannon ''(Rep.)''
William B. McKinley ''(Rep.)''
Henry T. Rainey ''(Dem.)''
Zero J. Rives ''(Rep.)''
William A. Rodenberg ''(Rep.)''
Frank S. Dickson ''(Rep.)''
Pleasant T. Chapman ''(Rep.)''
George W. Smith ''(Rep.)'' :'Indiana'
John H. Foster ''(Rep.)''
John C. Chaney ''(Rep.)''
William T. Zenor ''(Dem.)''
Lincoln Dixon ''(Dem.)''
Elias S. Holliday ''(Rep.)''
James E. Watson ''(Rep.)''
Jesse Overstreet ''(Rep.)''
George W. Cromer ''(Rep.)''
Charles B. Landis ''(Rep.)''
Edgar D. Crumpacker ''(Rep.)''
Frederick Landis ''(Rep.)''
Newton W. Gilbert ''(Rep.)''
Abraham L. Brick ''(Rep.)'' :'Iowa'
Thomas Hedge ''(Rep.)''
Albert F. Dawson ''(Rep.)''
Benjamin P. Birdsall ''(Rep.)''
Gilbert N. Haugen ''(Rep.)''
Robert G. Cousins ''(Rep.)''
John F. Lacey ''(Rep.)''
John A. T. Hull ''(Rep.)''
William P. Hepburn ''(Rep.)''
Walter I. Smith ''(Rep.)''
James P. Conner ''(Rep.)''
Elbert H. Hubbard ''(Rep.)'' :'Kansas'
Charles Curtis ''(Rep.)''
Justin De Witt Bowersock ''(Rep.)''
Philip P. Campbell ''(Rep.)''
James Monroe Miller ''(Rep.)''
William A. Calderhead ''(Rep.)''
William A. Reeder ''(Rep.)''
Victor Murdock ''(Rep.)''
★ : Charles Frederick Scott ''(Rep.)'' :'Kentucky'
Ollie M. James ''(Dem.)''
Augustus Stanley ''(Dem.)''
James M. Richardson ''(Dem.)''
David Highbaugh Smith ''(Dem.)''
J. Swagar Sherley ''(Dem.)''
Joseph L. Rhinock ''(Dem.)''
South Trimble ''(Dem.)''
George G. Gilbert ''(Dem.)''
Joseph B. Bennett ''(Rep.)''
Francis A. Hopkins ''(Dem.)''
Don C. Edwards ''(Rep.)'' :'Louisiana'
Adolph Meyer ''(Dem.)''
Robert Charles Davey ''(Dem.)''
Robert Foligny Broussard ''(Dem.)''
John Thomas Watkins ''(Dem.)''
Joseph Eugene Ransdell ''(Dem.)''
Samuel Matthews Robertson ''(Dem.)''
Arsène Paulin Pujó ''(Dem.)'':'Maine'
Amos L. Allen ''(Rep.)''
Charles E. Littlefield ''(Rep.)''
Edwin C. Burleigh ''(Rep.)''
Llewellyn Powers ''(Rep.)'' :'Maryland'
Thomas A. Smith ''(Dem.)''
J. Frederick C. Talbott ''(Dem.)''
Frank C. Wachter ''(Rep.)''
John Gill, Jr. ''(Dem.)''
Sydney Emanuel Mudd I ''(Rep.)''
George A. Pearre ''(Rep.)'' :'Massachusetts'
George P. Lawrence ''(Rep.)''
Frederick H. Gillett ''(Rep.)''
Rockwood Hoar ''(Rep.)''
Charles Q. Tirrell ''(Rep.)''
Butler Ames ''(Rep.)''
Augustus P. Gardner ''(Rep.)''
Ernest W. Roberts ''(Rep.)''
Samuel W. McCall ''(Rep.)''
John A. Keliher ''(Dem.)''
William S. McNary ''(Dem.)''
John A. Sullivan ''(Dem.)''
John W. Weeks ''(Rep.)''
William S. Greene ''(Rep.)''
William C. Lovering ''(Rep.)'' :'Michigan'
Edwin Denby ''(Rep.)''
Charles E. Townsend ''(Rep.)''
Washington Gardner ''(Rep.)''
Edward L. Hamilton ''(Rep.)''
William A. Smith ''(Rep.)''
Samuel W. Smith ''(Rep.)''
Henry McMorran ''(Rep.)''
Joseph W. Fordney ''(Rep.)''
Roswell P. Bishop ''(Rep.)''
George A. Loud ''(Rep.)''
Archibald B. Darragh ''(Rep.)''
H. Olin Young ''(Rep.)'' :'Minnesota'
James Albertus Tawney ''(Rep.)''
James McCleary ''(Rep.)''
Charles Russell Davis ''(Rep.)''
Frederick Stevens ''(Rep.)''
Loren Fletcher ''(Rep.)''
Clarence Buckman ''(Rep.)''
Andrew Volstead ''(Rep.)''
James Bede ''(Rep.)''
Halvor Steenerson ''(Rep.)'' :'Mississippi'
Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. ''(Dem.)''
Thomas Spight ''(Dem.)''
Benjamin G. Humphreys II ''(Dem.)''
Wilson S. Hill ''(Dem.)''
Adam M. Byrd ''(Dem.)''
Eaton J. Bowers ''(Dem.)''
Frank A. McLain ''(Dem.)''
John Sharp Williams ''(Dem.)'':'Missouri'
James Tilghman Lloyd ''(Dem.)''
William W. Rucker ''(Dem.)''
Frank B. Klepper ''(Rep.)''
Frank B. Fulkerson ''(Rep.)''
Edgar C. Ellis ''(Rep.)''
David A. De Armond ''(Dem.)''
John Welborn ''(Rep.)''
Dorsey W. Shackleford ''(Dem.)''
James Beauchamp Clark ''(Dem.)''
Richard Bartholdt ''(Rep.)''
John T. Hunt ''(Dem.)''
Ernest E. Wood ''(Dem.)'', served until June 23, 1906:
Harry M. Coudrey ''(Rep.)'', won contested election
Marion E. Rhodes ''(Rep.)''
William T. Tyndall ''(Rep.)''
Cassius M. Shartel ''(Rep.)''
Arthur P. Murphy ''(Rep.)'':'Montana'
★ : Joseph M. Dixon ''(Rep.)''
:'Nebraska'
Ernest M. Pollard ''(Rep.)''
John L. Kennedy ''(Rep.)''
John J McCarthy ''(Rep.)''
Edmund H. Hinshaw ''(Rep.)''
George W. Norris ''(Rep.)''
Moses P. Kinkaid ''(Rep.)'':'Nevada'
★ : Clarence D. Van Duzer ''(Dem.)'':'New Hampshire'
Cyrus Adams Sulloway ''(Rep.)''
Frank Dunklee Currier ''(Rep.)'':'New Jersey'
Henry C. Loudenslager ''(Rep.)''
John James Gardner ''(Rep.)''
Benjamin F. Howell ''(Rep.)''
Ira W. Wood ''(Rep.)''
Charles N. Fowler ''(Rep.)''
Henry C. Allen ''(Rep.)''
Richard W. Parker ''(Rep.)''
William H. Wiley ''(Rep.)''
Marshall Van Winkle ''(Rep.)''
Allan L. McDermott ''(Dem.)'':'New York'
William W. Cocks ''(Rep.)''
George H. Lindsay ''(Dem.)''
Charles T. Dunwell ''(Rep.)''
Charles B. Law ''(Rep.)''
George E. Waldo ''(Rep.)''
William M. Calder ''(Rep.)''
John J. Fitzgerald ''(Dem.)''
Timothy D. Sullivan ''(Dem.)''
Henry M. Goldfogle ''(Dem.)''
William Sulzer ''(Dem.)''
William Randolph Hearst ''(Dem.)''
W. Bourke Cockran ''(Dem.)''
Herbert Parsons ''(Rep.)''
Charles A. Towne ''(Dem.)''
J. Van Vechten Olcott ''(Rep.)''
Jacob Ruppert, Jr. ''(Dem.)''
William S. Bennet ''(Rep.)''
Joseph A. Goulden ''(Dem.)''
John E. Andrus ''(Rep.)''
Thomas W. Bradley ''(Rep.)''
John H. Ketcham ''(Rep.)''
William H. Draper ''(Rep.)''
George N. Southwick ''(Rep.)''
Frank J. LeFevre ''(Rep.)''
Lucius L. Littauer ''(Rep.)''
William H. Flack ''(Rep.)''
James S. Sherman ''(Rep.)''
Charles L. Knapp ''(Rep.)''
Michael E. Driscoll ''(Rep.)''
John W. Dwight ''(Rep.)''
Sereno E. Payne ''(Rep.)''
James B. Perkins ''(Rep.)''
J. Sloat Fassett ''(Rep.)''
James W. Wadsworth ''(Rep.)''
William H. Ryan'' (Dem.)''
De Alva S. Alexander ''(Rep.)''
Edward B. Vreeland ''(Rep.)'':'North Carolina'
John Humphrey Small ''(Dem.)''
Claude Kitchin ''(Dem.)''
Charles Randolph Thomas ''(Dem.)''
Edward W. Pou ''(Dem.)''
William Walton Kitchin ''(Dem.)''
Gilbert B. Patterson ''(Dem.)''
Robert N. Page ''(Dem.)''
E. Spencer Blackburn ''(Rep.)''
Edwin Y. Webb ''(Dem.)''
James M. Gudger, Jr. ''(Dem.)'':'North Dakota'
Thomas Frank Marshall ''(Rep.)''
Asle Gronna ''(Rep.)'':'Ohio'
Nicholas Longworth ''(Rep.)''
Herman P. Goebel ''(Rep.)''
Robert M. Nevin ''(Rep.)''
Harvey C. Garber ''(Dem.)''
William Wildman Campbell ''(Rep.)''
Thomas E. Scroggy ''(Rep.)''
J. Warren Keifer ''(Rep.)''
Ralph D. Cole ''(Rep.)''
James H. Southard ''(Rep.)''
Henry T. Bannon ''(Rep.)''
Charles H. Grosvenor ''(Rep.)''
Edward L. Taylor, Jr. ''(Rep.)''
Grant E. Mouser ''(Rep.)''
Amos R. Webber ''(Rep.)''
Beman G. Dawes ''(Rep.)''
Capell L. Weems ''(Rep.)''
Martin L. Smyser ''(Rep.)''
James Kennedy ''(Rep.)''
W. Aubrey Thomas ''(Rep.)''
Jacob A. Beidler ''(Rep.)''
Theodore Elijah Burton ''(Rep.)'':'Oregon'
Binger Hermann ''(Rep.)''
John N. Williamson ''(Rep.)'':'Pennsylvania'
Henry H. Bingham ''(Rep.)''
Robert Adams, Jr. ''(Rep.)'', died in office:
John E. Reyburn ''(Rep.)''
George A. Castor ''(Rep.)'', died in office:
J. Hampton Moore ''(Rep.)''
Robert H. Foerderer ''(Rep.)'', died in office:
Reuben O. Moon ''(Rep.)''
Edward de Veaux Morrell ''(Rep.)''
George D. McCreary ''(Rep.)''
Thomas S. Butler ''(Rep.)''
Irving P. Wanger ''(Rep.)''
Henry B. Cassel ''(Rep.)''
Thomas H. Dale ''(Rep.)''
Henry W. Palmer ''(Rep.)''
George R. Patterson ''(Rep.)'':
Charles N. Brumm ''(Rep.)''
Marcus C.L. Kline ''(Dem.)''
Mial E. Lilley ''(Rep.)''
Elias Deemer ''(Rep.)''
Edmund W. Samuel ''(Rep.)''
Thaddeus M. Mahon''(Rep.)''
Marlin E. Olmsted ''(Rep.)''
John M. Reynolds ''(Rep.)''
Daniel F. Lafean ''(Rep.)''
Solomon R. Dresser ''(Rep.)''
George F. Huff ''(Rep.)''
Allen F. Cooper ''(Rep.)''
Ernest F. Acheson ''(Rep.)''
Arthur L. Bates ''(Rep.)''
Gustav A. Schneebeli ''(Rep.)''
William O. Smith ''(Rep.)''
Joseph C. Sibley ''(Rep.)''
William H. Graham ''(Rep.)''
John Dalzell ''(Rep.)''
James F. Burke ''(Rep.)''
Andrew J. Barchfeld ''(Rep.)'':'Rhode Island'
Daniel L. D. Granger ''(Dem.)''
Adin B. Capron ''(Rep.)'':'South Carolina'
George S. Legare ''(Dem.)''
James O'H. Patterson ''(Dem.)''
Wyatt Aiken ''(Dem.)''
Joseph T. Johnson ''(Dem.)''
David E. Finley ''(Dem.)''
J. Edwin Ellerbe ''(Dem.)''
Asbury F. Lever ''(Dem.)'':'South Dakota'
★ : Charles Henry Burke ''(Rep.)''
★ : Eben Wever Martin ''(Rep.)'':'Tennessee'
Walter P. Brownlow ''(Rep.)''
Nathan W. Hale ''(Rep.)''
John Austin Moon ''(Dem.)''
Mounce G. Butler ''(Dem.)''
William C. Houston ''(Dem.)''
John Wesley Gaines ''(Dem.)''
Lemuel Phillips Padgett ''(Dem.)''
Thetus Willrette Sims ''(Dem.)''
Finis J. Garrett ''(Dem.)''
Malcolm R. Patterson ''(Dem.)'':'Texas'
John Levi Sheppard ''(Dem.)''
Moses L. Broocks ''(Dem.)''
Gordon James Russell ''(Dem.)''
Choice Boswell Randell ''(Dem.)''
Jack Beall ''(Dem.)''
Scott Field ''(Dem.)''
Alexander W. Gregg ''(Dem.)''
John M. Moore ''(Dem.)''
George Farmer Burgess ''(Dem.)''
Albert Sidney Burleson ''(Dem.)''
Robert L. Henry ''(Dem.)''
Oscar W. Gillespie''(Dem.)''
John Hall Stephens ''(Dem.)''
James L. Slayden ''(Dem.)''
John Nance Garner ''(Dem.)''
William R. Smith ''(Dem.)'':'Utah'
★ : Joseph Howell ''(Rep.)'':'Vermont'
David J. Foster ''(Rep.)''
Kittredge Haskins ''(Rep.)'':'Virginia'
William Atkinson Jones ''(Dem.)''
Harry Lee Maynard ''(Dem.)''
John Fletcher Lamb ''(Dem.)''
Robert G. Southall ''(Dem.)''
Claude Augustus Swanson ''(Dem.)'', resigned:
Edward W. Saunders ''(Dem.)''
Carter Glass ''(Dem.)''
James Hay ''(Dem.)''
John Franklin Rixey ''(Dem.)''
Campbell Slemp ''(Rep.)''
Henry De Flood ''(Dem.)'':'Washington'
★ : Wesley Livsey Jones ''(Rep.)''
★ : Francis W. Cushman ''(Rep.)''
★ : William E. Humphrey ''(Rep.)'':'West Virginia'
Blackburn Barrett Dovener ''(Rep.)''
Alston Gordon Dayton ''(Rep.)'':
Thomas B. Davis ''(Dem.)''
Joseph Holt Gaines ''(Rep.)''
Harry C. Woodyard ''(Rep.)''
James Anthony Hughes ''(Rep.)'':'Wisconsin'

Henry Allen Cooper ''(Rep.)''

Henry C. Adams ''(Rep.)'':

John M. Nelson ''(Rep.)''

Joseph W. Babcock ''(Rep.)''

Theobald Johnston Otjen ''(Rep.)''

William H. Stafford ''(Rep.)''

Charles H. Weisse ''(Dem.)''

John Jacob Esch ''(Rep.)''

James Henry Davidson ''(Rep.)''

Edward Sloman Minor ''(Rep.)''

Webster Everett Brown ''(Rep.)''

John J. Jenkins ''(Rep.)'':'Wyoming'
★ : Franklin Wheeler Mondell ''(Rep.)''

Delegates

::'Alaska Territory'

Frank Hinman Waskey, ''(Dem.)'' (took office August 14, 1906)
::'Arizona Territory'

Marcus Aurelius Smith, ''(Dem.)''
::'Hawaii Territory'

Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole
::'New Mexico Territory'

William Henry Andrews, ''(Rep.)''
::'Oklahoma Territory'

Bird Segle McGuire, ''(Rep.)''
Resident Commissioner

::'Puerto Rico Territory'

Tulio Larrinaga, ''(Unionist)''

Officers


Senate


Secretary of the Senate:


Charles G. Bennett of New York, elected February 1, 1900.

Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:


Daniel M. Ransdell of Indiana, elected February 1, 1900.

Chaplain of the Senate


The Rev. Edward E. Hale, Unitarian, elected December 14, 1903.
House of Representatives


Clerk of the House:


Alexander McDowell of Pennsylvania, elected December 4, 1905.

Sergeant at Arms of the House:


Henry Casson of Wisconsin, elected December 4, 1905.

Doorkeeper of the House:


Frank B. Lyon of New York, elected December 4, 1905.

Postmaster of the House:


Joseph McElroy of Ohio, elected December 4, 1905.

Clerk at the Speaker’s Table:


Asher C. Hinds

Chaplain of the House


The Rev. Henry N. Couden, Universalist, elected December 4, 1905.
Other


Architect of the Capitol:


Elliott Woods, appointed February 19, 1902.

References



The Most Exclusive Club, , Lewis L., Gould, Perseus Books Group, 2005, 0-465-02778-4

The House, , Robert V., Remini, HarperCollins Publishers, Inc, 2006, 0-06-088434-7

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

Congressional History

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