House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• President: Adlai E. Stevenson (D)
• President pro tempore
  President pro tempore of the United States Senate
  The President pro tempore is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. The United States Constitution states that the Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and the highest-ranking official of the Senate despite not being a member of the body...
  
  : William P. Frye
  William P. Frye
  William Pierce Frye was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served for 30 years and died in...
  
   (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman
  John Sherman (politician)
  John Sherman, nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" , was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act...
  
  

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Democratic Caucus Chairman
  Democratic Conference Chairman of the United States Senate
  The Democratic caucus of the United States Senate chooses a conference chairman, or caucus chairman. The office of conference chairman was created in the 19th century, but it was informal until 1903. The office of party floor leader was not created until 1920...
  
  : Arthur P. Gorman

House of Representatives

• Speaker
  Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
  The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...
  
  : Thomas B. Reed
  Thomas Brackett Reed
  Thomas Brackett Reed, , occasionally ridiculed as Czar Reed, was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889–1891 and from 1895–1899...
  
   (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Republican Conference Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor
  Charles H. Grosvenor
  Charles Henry Grosvenor was a multiple-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
  
  

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Democratic Caucus Chairman
  Democratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of Representatives
  The following is a list of members of the U.S. House of Representatives who have served as chair of the House Democratic Caucus. Chairs are currently limited to two consecutive terms.-Source:*...
  
  : David B. Culberson
  David B. Culberson
  David Browning Culberson was a Confederate soldier, a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.-Early years:...
  
  

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

Classes of United States Senators

The three classes of United States Senators are currently made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that one of them is up for election every two years.A senator's...

, 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.

Alabama 

• 2: John T. Morgan
  John Tyler Morgan
  John Tyler Morgan was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and a six-term U.S. senator from the state of Alabama after the war. He was a strong supporter of states rights and racial segregation through the Reconstruction era. He was an expansionist, arguing for...
  
   (D)
• 3: James L. Pugh
  James L. Pugh
  James Lawrence Pugh was a U.S. senator from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.- Biography :...
  
   (D)

Arkansas 

• 3: James K. Jones
  James Kimbrough Jones
  James Kimbrough Jones was a United States Senator.-Biography:Born in Marshall County, Mississippi, Jones moved with his father to Dallas County, Arkansas in 1848...
  
   (D)
• 2: James H. Berry
  James Henderson Berry
  James Henderson Berry was a United States Senator and served as the 14th Governor of the State of Arkansas....
  
   (D)

California 

• 1: Stephen M. White
  Stephen M. White
  Stephen Mallory White was an American politician and an U.S. Senator from California.-Life:Born in San Francisco, Stephen White attended Santa Clara College and read law in the office of Charles Bruce Younger Sr. in Santa Cruz, California and was admitted to the bar in 1874...
  
   (D)
• 3: George C. Perkins
  George Clement Perkins
  George Clement Perkins was a U.S. Republican politician, who was the 14th governor of California from January 8, 1880, to January 10, 1883, and a United States senator from 1893 until 1915. He also served in the California State Senate...
  
   (R)

Colorado 

• 3: Henry M. Teller
  Henry Moore Teller
  Henry Moore Teller was a U.S. politician. Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885.-Biography:He served in the Senate and Cabinet for over thirty years, and was connected with the Free Silver question, beginning in 1880. During that time, he did much in and out of Congress with tongue and...
  
   (R)
• 2: Edward O. Wolcott
  Edward Oliver Wolcott
  Edward Oliver Wolcott was a prominent American politician during the 1890s, who served for 12 years as a Senator from the state of Colorado....
  
   (R)

Connecticut 

• 3: Orville H. Platt
  Orville H. Platt
  Orville Hitchcock Platt was a United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in Washington, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and graduated from The Gunnery in Washington. He studied law in Litchfield, and was admitted to the bar in 1850, commencing practice in Towanda, Pennsylvania...
  
   (R)
• 1: Joseph R. Hawley
  Joseph Roswell Hawley
  Joseph Roswell Hawley was the 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a U.S. politician in the Republican and Free Soil parties, a Civil War general, and a journalist and newspaper editor. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was a four-term U.S...
  
   (R)

Delaware 

• 1: George Gray
  George Gray (senator)
  George Gray was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Attorney General of Delaware, U.S. Senator from Delaware and Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.-Early life and...
  
   (D)
• 2: Richard R. Kenney
  Richard R. Kenney
  Richard Rolland Kenney was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who was a U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:...
  
   (D), from January 19, 1897

Florida 

• 3: Wilkinson Call
  Wilkinson Call
  Wilkinson Call was a U.S. Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat from 1879 to 1897.Call was a nephew of Florida Governor Richard K. Call and cousin of Arkansas Senator James D...
  
   (D)
• 1: Samuel Pasco
  Samuel Pasco
  Samuel Pasco was a United States Senator from Florida.-Biography:Born in London, England, he moved to the United States with his family as a child and settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Pasco attended Harvard University and then moved to Florida in 1859...
  
   (D)

Georgia 

• 3: John B. Gordon
  John Brown Gordon
  John Brown Gordon was one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted Confederate generals during the American Civil War. After the war, he was a strong opponent of Reconstruction and is thought by some to have been the titular leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia during the late 1860s. A member of the...
  
   (D)
• 2: Augustus O. Bacon
  Augustus Octavius Bacon
  Augustus Octavius Bacon was a U.S. politician. He served as a Democratic Party senator from Georgia.-Biography:...
  
   (D)

Idaho 

• 2: George L. Shoup
  George Laird Shoup
  George Laird Shoup was the first Governor of Idaho, serving a short time after statehood in 1890 before becoming one of the state's first United States Senators....
  
   (R)
• 3: Fred T. Dubois
  Fred Dubois
  Fred Thomas Dubois was a controversial American politician who served two terms in the United States Senate from Idaho. He was best-known for his opposition to the gold standard and his efforts to disenfranchise Mormon voters....
  
   (R)

Illinois 

• 2: Shelby M. Cullom
  Shelby Moore Cullom
  Shelby Moore Cullom was a U.S. political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois....
  
   (R)
• 3: John McAuley Palmer
  John M. Palmer (politician)
  John McAuley Palmer , was an Illinois resident, an American Civil War General who fought for the Union, the 15th Governor of Illinois, and presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party in the 1896 election on a platform to defend the gold standard, free trade, and limited...
  
   (D)

Indiana 

• 3: Daniel W. Voorhees
  Daniel W. Voorhees
  Daniel Wolsey Voorhees was a lawyer and United States Senator from Indiana, who was leader of the Democratic party and an anti-war Copperhead during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
  
   (D)
• 1: David Turpie
  David Turpie
  David Battle Turpie was an American politician.Turpie was born in Hamilton County, Ohio. He grew up in Ohio and graduated from Kenyon College in 1848. He studied law and moved to Logansport, Indiana where he set up a law practice...
  
   (D)

Iowa 

• 3: William B. Allison
  William B. Allison
  William Boyd Allison was an early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, who represented northeastern Iowa for four consecutive terms in the U.S. House before representing his state for six consecutive terms in the U.S. Senate...
  
   (R)
• 2: John H. Gear
  John H. Gear
  John Henry Gear was the 11th Governor of Iowa, United States Representative, and Senator.-Biography:Born in Ithaca, New York, he attended the common schools and moved to Galena, Illinois in 1836, to Fort Snelling, Iowa, in 1838, and to Burlington in 1843, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits...
  
   (R)

Kansas 

• 3: William A. Peffer
  William A. Peffer
  William Alfred Peffer was a United States Senator from Kansas, notable for being the first of six Populists elected to the United States Senate. In the Senate he was recognizable by his enormous flowing beard...
  
   (P)
• 2: Lucien Baker
  Lucien Baker
  Lucien Baker was a United States Senator from Kansas.Baker was born near Cleveland, Ohio and moved with his parents to Morenci, Michigan...
  
   (R)

Kentucky 

• 3: Joseph C. S. Blackburn
  Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn
  Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Kentucky. He was the younger brother of Kentucky governor Luke P. Blackburn. Blackburn, a skilled and spirited orator, was also a prominent trial lawyer known for his skill at swaying juries.He was born near Spring...
  
   (D)
• 2: William Lindsay (D)

Louisiana 

• 2: Donelson Caffery
  Donelson Caffery
  Donelson Caffery was an American politician from the state of Louisiana, a distinguished soldier in the American Civil War, and a sugar plantation owner.- Biography :...
  
   (D)
• 3: Newton C. Blanchard
  Newton C. Blanchard
  Newton Crain Blanchard was a United States Representative, Senator, and the 33rd Governor of Louisiana. Born in Rapides Parish, he completed academic studies, studied law in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1868, and graduated from the Tulane University Law School in 1870...
  
   (D)

Maine 

• 1: Eugene Hale
  Eugene Hale
  Eugene Hale was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.Born at Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for nine years as prosecuting attorney for Hancock County, Maine. He was elected to the Maine...
  
   (R)
• 2: William P. Frye
  William P. Frye
  William Pierce Frye was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served for 30 years and died in...
  
   (R)

Maryland 

• 1: Arthur Pue Gorman
  Arthur Pue Gorman
  Arthur Pue Gorman was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1881 to 1899 and from 1903 to 1906. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1869 to 1875...
  
   (D)
• 3: Charles H. Gibson (D)

Massachusetts 

• 2: George F. Hoar
  George Frisbie Hoar
  George Frisbie Hoar was a prominent United States politician and United States Senator from Massachusetts. Hoar was born in Concord, Massachusetts...
  
   (R)
• 1: Henry Cabot Lodge
  Henry Cabot Lodge
  Henry Cabot "Slim" Lodge was an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts. He had the role of Senate Majority leader. He is best known for his positions on Meek policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles...
  
   (R)

Michigan 

• 2: James McMillan
  James McMillan (Senator)
  James McMillan was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Biography:McMillan was born in Hamilton, Ontario to William and Grace McMillan, both Scottish natives...
  
   (R)
• 1: Julius C. Burrows
  Julius C. Burrows
  Julius Caesar Burrows was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Early life and education:...
  
   (R)

Minnesota 

• 1: Cushman K. Davis (R)
• 2: Knute Nelson
  Knute Nelson
  Knute Nelson was an Norwegian American politician. A Republican, he served in the Wisconsin Legislature and Minnesota Legislature, in the U.S. House of Representatives, as the 12th Governor of Minnesota, and as a U.S...
  
   (R)

Mississippi 

• 1: James Z. George
  James Z. George
  James Zachariah George was an American military officer, lawyer, writer, and politician. He was known as Mississippi's "Great Commoner."...
  
   (D)
• 2: Edward C. Walthall
  Edward C. Walthall
  Edward Cary Walthall was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Mississippi.-Biography:...
  
   (D)

Missouri 

• 1: Francis M. Cockrell
  Francis Cockrell
  Francis Marion Cockrell was a Confederate military commander and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States Senator from Missouri for five terms. He was a prominent member of the famed South–Cockrell–Hargis family of Southern politicians.-Early life:Cockrell was...
  
   (D)
• 3: George G. Vest
  George Graham Vest
  George Graham Vest was a U.S. politician. Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, he was known for his skills in oration and debate. Vest, a lawyer as well as a politician, served as a Missouri Congressman, a Confederate Congressman during the Civil War, and finally a US Senator...
  
   (D)

Montana 

• 1: Lee Mantle
  Lee Mantle
  Lee Mantle was a United States Senator from Montana.Born in Birmingham, England, his mother converted to Mormonism and immigrated to the United States with her children; they settled at Salt Lake City, Utah in 1864...
  
   (R)
• 2: Thomas H. Carter
  Thomas Henry Carter
  Thomas Henry Carter was a delegate, a United States Representative, and a U.S. Senator from Montana.-Early life:...
  
   (R)

Nebraska 

• 1: William V. Allen
  William V. Allen
  William Vincent Allen was a jurist and twice a U.S. Senator from Nebraska.Allen was born in Midway, Ohio. He moved with his parents to Iowa in 1857, where he attended the common schools and Upper Iowa University at Fayette, Iowa...
  
   (P)
• 2: John M. Thurston (R)

Nevada 

• 3: John P. Jones
  John P. Jones
  John Percival Jones was an American politician who served for 30 years as a Republican United States Senator from Nevada. He made a fortune in silver mining and was a co-founder of the town of Santa Monica, California....
  
   (S)
• 1: William M. Stewart
  William M. Stewart
  William Morris Stewart was an American lawyer and politician.-Biography:Stewart was born in Wayne County, New York. As a child he moved with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio. As a young man he was a mathematics teacher in Ohio. In 1849 he began attending Yale University but left in 1850 to...
  
   (S)

New Hampshire 

• 2: William E. Chandler
  William E. Chandler
  William Eaton Chandler was a lawyer who served as United States Secretary of the Navy and as a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire.-Early life:...
  
   (R)
• 3: Jacob H. Gallinger
  Jacob Harold Gallinger
  Jacob Harold Gallinger , was a United States Senator from New Hampshire who served as President pro tempore of the Senate in 1912 and 1913.-Biography:...
  
   (R)

New Jersey 

• 1: James Smith, Jr.
  James Smith, Jr.
  James Smith, Jr. was a newspaper publisher and US Senator from New Jersey.-Biography:Born in Newark, New Jersey, Smith attended private schools and St. Mary's College, in Wilmington, Delaware. He was engaged in the dry-goods and importing business, and later became a manufacturer of leather in...
  
   (D)
• 2: William J. Sewell
  William Joyce Sewell
  William Joyce Sewell was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland immigrating to the United States in 1851 where he worked in the merchant industry in Chicago, Illinois before moving to Camden, New Jersey in 1860...
  
   (R)

New York 

• 3: David B. Hill
  David B. Hill
  David Bennett Hill was an American politician from New York who was the 29th Governor of New York from 1885 to 1891.-Life:...
  
   (D)
• 1: Edward Murphy, Jr.
  Edward Murphy, Jr.
  Edward Murphy, Jr. was a single term United States Senator from New York, a businessman, and mayor of Troy, New York.-Birth and early years:...
  
   (D)

North Carolina 

• 3: Jeter C. Pritchard
  Jeter Connelly Pritchard
  Jeter Connelly Pritchard was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1895 and 1903. He was the only Republican to represent a southern state in the United States Senate during that time....
  
   (R)
• 2: Marion Butler
  Marion Butler
  Marion Butler was a Populist U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1895 and 1901.-Early life:Butler was born in rural Sampson County, North Carolina during the American Civil War. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, where he was a member of the Philanthropic...
  
   (P)

North Dakota 

• 3: Henry C. Hansbrough
  Henry C. Hansbrough
  Henry Clay Hansbrough was a United States politician who served as the first United States Representative from North Dakota, as well as a Senator from North Dakota.-Biography:...
  
   (R)
• 1: William N. Roach
  William N. Roach
  William Nathaniel Roach was a United States Senator from North Dakota.-Biography:Born in Washington, D.C., he attended the public schools, Gonzaga College High School and Georgetown University. He was a clerk in the quartermaster's department during the Civil War...
  
   (D)

Ohio 

• 1: John Sherman
  John Sherman (politician)
  John Sherman, nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" , was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act...
  
   (R)
• 3: Calvin S. Brice
  Calvin S. Brice
  Calvin Stewart Brice was a Democratic politician from Ohio. Born in Denmark, Morrow County, Ohio, Brice dropped out of Miami University in 1861 to join the Union Army. After a short stint in the army he returned to Miami and earned his undergraduate degree in 1863...
  
   (D)

Oregon 

• 3: John H. Mitchell
  John H. Mitchell
  John Hipple Mitchell, also known as John Mitchell Hipple, John H. Mitchell, or J. H. Mitchell was a controversial American lawyer and politician, who served as a Republican United States Senator from Oregon on three occasions between 1872 and 1905...
  
   (R)
• 2: George W. McBride
  George W. McBride
  George Wycliffe McBride was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Oregon. An Oregon native, he served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly as Speaker of the House and as Oregon Secretary of State for two terms before election as United States Senator from Oregon. A Republican, he was...
  
   (R)

Pennsylvania 

• 3: J. Donald Cameron
  J. Donald Cameron
  James Donald Cameron was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as Secretary of War under Ulysses S. Grant and in the United States Senate for twenty years....
  
   (R)
• 1: Matthew S. Quay
  Matthew Quay
  Matthew Stanley Quay was an immensely powerful Pennsylvania political boss; "kingmaker" . "Boss" Quay's political principles and actions stood in contrast to an unusually attractive personality...
  
   (R)

Rhode Island 

• 1: Nelson W. Aldrich
  Nelson W. Aldrich
  Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the Senate, where he served from 1881 to 1911....
  
   (R)
• 2: George P. Wetmore
  George P. Wetmore
  George Peabody Wetmore was the 37th Governor and a United States Senator from Rhode Island.-Early life:George Peabody Wetmore was born in London, England, during a visit of his parents abroad. His father was William Shepard Wetmore, a wealthy Yankee trader. George Wetmore received his early...
  
   (R)

South Carolina 

• 3: John L. M. Irby
  John L. M. Irby
  John Laurens Manning Irby was a United States Senator from South Carolina. Born in Laurens, he attended Laurensville Male Academy , Princeton College John Laurens Manning Irby (September 10, 1854 December 9, 1900) was a United States Senator from South Carolina. Born in Laurens, he attended...
  
   (D)
• 2: Benjamin R. Tillman
  Benjamin Tillman
  Benjamin Ryan Tillman was an American politician who served as the 84th Governor of South Carolina, from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator, from 1895 until his death in office. Tillman's views were a matter of national controversy.Tillman was a member of the Democratic Party...
  
   (D)

South Dakota 

• 2: Richard F. Pettigrew
  Richard F. Pettigrew
  Richard Franklin Pettigrew was an American lawyer, surveyor, and land developer. He represented the Dakota Territory in the U.S. Congress and, after the Dakotas were admitted as States, he was the first U.S. Senator from South Dakota.-Biography:Pettigrew was born in Ludlow, Windsor County,...
  
   (R)
• 3: James H. Kyle
  James H. Kyle
  James Henderson Kyle was an American politician. One of the most successful members of the Populist Party he served for 10 years as a member of the United States Senate from South Dakota from 1891 until his death....
  
   (P)

Tennessee 

• 2: Isham G. Harris
  Isham G. Harris
  Isham Green Harris was an American politician. He served as Governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862 and as a U.S. Senator from 1877 until his death....
  
   (D)
• 1: William B. Bate
  William B. Bate
  William Brimage Bate was the governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887 and subsequently a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1887 until his death...
  
   (D)

Texas 

• 1: Roger Q. Mills
  Roger Q. Mills
  Roger Quarles Mills was an American politician and an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Background:...
  
   (D)
• 2: Horace Chilton
  Horace Chilton
  Horace Chilton was a printer, lawyer, and Democratic United States Senator from Texas.Chilton - a grandson of Thomas Chilton - was born near Tyler, Texas, and by age 18 was publishing the tri-weekly Tyler Sun newspaper...
  
   (D)

Utah 

• 1: Frank J. Cannon (R), from January 22, 1896
• 3: Arthur Brown
  Arthur Brown (Utah)
  Arthur Brown was a United States Senator from Utah.Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, he attended the common schools and graduated from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1862. He pursued graduate work at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and graduated from the law department of the...
  
   (R), from January 22, 1896

Vermont 

• 3: Justin S. Morrill
  Justin Smith Morrill
  Justin Smith Morrill was a Representative and a Senator from Vermont, most widely remembered today for the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act that established federal funding for establishing many of the United States' public colleges and universities...
  
   (R)
• 1: Redfield Proctor
  Redfield Proctor
  Redfield Proctor was a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. He served as the 37th Governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880, as Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891, and as a United States Senator for Vermont from 1891 to 1908....
  
   (R)

Virginia 

• 1: John W. Daniel
  John W. Daniel
  John Warwick Daniel was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and represented Virginia in both the U.S. House and then five terms in the Senate...
  
   (D)
• 2: Thomas S. Martin
  Thomas S. Martin
  Thomas Staples Martin was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Charlottesville, Virginia. He represented Virginia in the United States Senate for nearly twenty-five years....
  
   (D)

Washington 

• 3: Watson C. Squire
  Watson C. Squire
  Watson Carvosso Squire was a United States Senator from Washington.-Biography:Born in Cape Vincent, New York, he attended the public schools, Falley Seminary and Fairfield Seminary . He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1859 and was principal of the Moravia Institute...
  
   (R)
• 1: John L. Wilson
  John L. Wilson
  John Lockwood Wilson was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. states of Indiana and Washington. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate...
  
   (R)

West Virginia 

• 1: Charles J. Faulkner
  Charles James Faulkner
  Charles James Faulkner was a United States Senator from West Virginia and the son of Charles James Faulkner, a U.S. Representative from Virginia and West Virginia. Born on the family estate, "Boydville," near Martinsburg, Virginia , he accompanied his father, who was U.S...
  
   (D)
• 2: Stephen B. Elkins
  Stephen Benton Elkins
  Stephen Benton Elkins was an American industrialist and political figure. He served as the Secretary of War between 1891 and 1893...
  
   (R)

Wisconsin 

• 3: William F. Vilas
  William Freeman Vilas
  William Freeman Vilas was a member of the Democratic Party who served in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1891 to 1897. He was a prominent Bourbon Democrat....
  
   (D)
• 1: John L. Mitchell
  John L. Mitchell
  John Lendrum Mitchell was an American politician and a Democratic Congressman, Senator from Wisconsin, and a member of the Wisconsin State Senate. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
  
   (D)

Wyoming 

• 1: Clarence D. Clark
  Clarence D. Clark
  Clarence Don Clark was a teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York who participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was one of that state's first congressmen.-Biography:...
  
   (R)
• 2: Francis E. Warren
  Francis E. Warren
  Francis Emroy Warren was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming.-Early life and military service:...
  
   (R)

House of Representatives

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

Alabama 

. Richard H. Clarke

Richard Henry Clarke

Richard Henry Clarke was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Dayton, Alabama, Clarke attended Green Springs Academy and was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in July 1861....

 (D). Jesse F. Stallings

Jesse F. Stallings

Jesse Francis Stallings was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born near Manningham, Alabama, Stallings completed preparatory studies and was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1877....

 (D). George P. Harrison

George Paul Harrison

George Paul Harrison was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born at "Monteith Plantation," near Savannah, Georgia, Harrison attended Effingham Academy and the Georgia Military Institute at Marietta....

 (D). Gaston A. Robbins

Gaston A. Robbins

Gaston Ahi Robbins was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, Robbins moved to Randolph County, North Carolina....

 (D), until March 13, 1896

• • William F. Aldrich
    William F. Aldrich
    William Farrington Aldrich was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, brother of Truman Heminway Aldrich and great-great-grandfather of William J...
    
     (R), from March 13, 1896. James E. Cobb
    James E. Cobb
    James Edward Cobb was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Thomaston, Georgia, Cobb attended the public schools, and was graduated from Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, in June 1856.He studied law....
    
     (D), until April 21, 1896
  • Albert T. Goodwyn
    Albert Taylor Goodwyn
    Albert Taylor Goodwyn was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.-Early life and military career:Born at Robinson Springs, Alabama, Goodwyn attended Robinson Springs Academy and South Carolina College at Columbia . During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Confederate States Army and served until June...
    
     (P), from April 22, 1896. John H. Bankhead
    John H. Bankhead
    John Hollis Bankhead was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama.-Biography:He was born on September 13, 1842. He was appointed, then elected, to serve out the remainder of the term left by the death of John Tyler Morgan, and was later re-elected twice. He served in the Senate from June 18, 1907...
    
     (D). Milford W. Howard
    Milford W. Howard
    Milford Wriarson Howard was a United States Representative from Alabama.Howard was first elected to the House of Representatives as a Populist in 1894. He was reelected in 1896 but did not seek another term in 1898. Howard returned to his hometown of Fort Payne, Alabama to practice law...
    
     (P). Joseph Wheeler
    Joseph Wheeler
    Joseph Wheeler was an American military commander and politician. He has the rare distinction of serving as a general during war time for two opposing forces: first as a noted cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War, and later as a general in the...
    
     (D). Oscar Underwood
    Oscar Underwood
    Oscar Wilder Underwood was an American politician.Underwood was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 6, 1862. He was the grandson of Joseph R. Underwood, a Kentucky Senator circa 1850. He attended the University of Virginia at Charlottesville...
    
     (D), until June 9, 1896
  • Truman H. Aldrich
    Truman H. Aldrich
    Truman Heminway Aldrich was a civil engineer, a mining company executive, and a paleontologist, and briefly served in the United States House of Representatives and as Postmaster of Birmingham.-Early life and education:Aldrich was born in Palmyra and suffered from poor health as a young boy...
    
     (R), from June 9, 1896

Arkansas 

. Philip D. McCulloch, Jr.

Philip D. McCulloch, Jr.

Philip Doddridge McCulloch, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, McCulloch moved with his parents to Trenton, Tennessee, where he attended private schools and Andrew College. McCulloch studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1872, after which he began a...

 (D). John S. Little

John Sebastian Little

John Sebastian Little was a member of the United States House of Representatives and the 21st Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas....

 (D). Thomas C. McRae

Thomas Chipman McRae

Thomas Chipman McRae was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and was the 26th Governor of Arkansas from 1921 to 1925.-Biography:...

 (D). William L. Terry

William L. Terry

William Leake Terry was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, father of David Dickson Terry.Born near Wadesboro, North Carolina, Terry moved with his parents to Tippah County, Mississippi, in 1857 and to Pulaski County, Arkansas, in 1861.He attended Bingham's Military Academy, North Carolina, and...

 (D). Hugh A. Dinsmore

Hugh A. Dinsmore

Hugh Anderson Dinsmore was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born at Cave Springs, Arkansas, Dinsmore attended private schools in Benton and Washington Counties.He studied law in Bentonville....

 (D). Robert Neill (D)

California 

. John A. Barham

John All Barham

John All Barham was a U.S. Representative from California.Born on a farm in Cass County, Missouri, Barham moved to California in 1849 with his parents, who settled in Woodland. He attended the common schools and Hesperian College in Woodland, then taught in the public schools, 1864-1876...

 (R). Grove L. Johnson

Grove L. Johnson

Grove Lawrence Johnson was a U.S. Representative from California, father of Hiram Warren Johnson.Born in Syracuse, New York, Johnson attended the common schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar April 2, 1862....

 (R). Samuel G. Hilborn

Samuel G. Hilborn

Samuel Greeley Hilborn was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine, Hilborn attended the common schools, Hebron Academy, and Gould's Academy, Bethel, Maine, and was graduated from Tufts College, Medford, Massachusetts, in 1859.He studied law and was...

 (R). James G. Maguire

James G. Maguire

James George Maguire was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Maguire moved with his parents to California in February 1854. He attended the public schools of Watsonville in Santa Cruz County and the private academy of Joseph K....

 (D). Eugene F. Loud

Eugene F. Loud

Eugene Francis Loud was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Abington, Massachusetts, Loud went to sea and afterward settled in California....

 (R). James McLachlan

James McLachlan

James McLachlan was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Argyllshire, Scotland, McLachlan immigrated to the United States in 1855 with his parents, who settled in Tompkins County, New York....

 (R). William W. Bowers

William W. Bowers

William Wallace Bowers was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Whitestown, New York, Bowers attended the common schools.He moved to Wisconsin in 1854....

 (R)

Colorado 

. John F. Shafroth

John F. Shafroth

John Franklin Shafroth was a United States Representative and Senator from Colorado. Born in Fayette, Missouri, he attended the common schools and graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1875. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in Fayette...

 (R). John C. Bell

John Calhoun Bell

John Calhoun Bell was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.Born near Sewanee, Tennessee, Bell attended public and private schools in Franklin County. He studied law in Winchester, Tennessee, and was admitted to the bar in 1874. He moved to Colorado in 1874 and commenced practice in Del Norte,...

 (P)

Connecticut 

. E. Stevens Henry

E. Stevens Henry

Edward Stevens Henry was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in the town of Gill, Massachusetts, Henry moved to Rockville, Connecticut.He attended the public schools.He engaged in the dry-goods business....

 (R). Nehemiah D. Sperry

Nehemiah D. Sperry

Nehemiah Day Sperry was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Sperry attended the common schools and a private school in New Haven....

 (R). Charles A. Russell (R). Ebenezer J. Hill

Ebenezer J. Hill

Ebenezer J. Hill was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Redding, Connecticut, Hill attended the public schools, Center Academy, and Yale College in 1865 and 1866....

 (R)

Delaware 

. Jonathan S. Willis

Jonathan S. Willis

Jonathan Spencer Willis was an American minister, farmer and politician, from Milford, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as U. S...

 (R)

Florida 

. Stephen M. Sparkman

Stephen M. Sparkman

Stephen Milancthon Sparkman was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born on a farm in Hernando County, Florida, Sparkman attended the common schools.He taught school 1867-1870.He studied law....

 (D). Charles M. Cooper

Charles Merian Cooper

Charles Merian Cooper was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Athens, Georgia, Cooper moved with his parents to Florida in 1864.He pursued academic studies at Gainesville Academy.He studied law....

 (D)

Georgia 

. Rufus E. Lester

Rufus E. Lester

Rufus Ezekiel Lester was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born near Waynesboro, Georgia, Lester was graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1857.He studied law....

 (D). Benjamin E. Russell

Benjamin E. Russell

Benjamin Edward Russell was a U.S. Representative from Georgia, cousin of Rienzi Melville Johnston.-Biography:Born in Monticello, Florida, Russell moved with his parents to Decatur County, Georgia, in 1854....

 (D). Charles F. Crisp

Charles Frederick Crisp

Charles Frederick Crisp was a United States political figure. A Democrat, he was elected as a Congressman from Georgia in 1882, and served until his death in 1896. From 1890 until his death, he was leader of the Democratic Party in the House, as either the House Minority Leader or the Speaker of...

 (D), until October 23, 1896

• • Charles R. Crisp
    Charles R. Crisp
    Charles Robert Crisp was a U.S. Representative from Georgia, son of Charles Frederick Crisp.Born in Ellaville, Georgia, Crisp attended the public schools of Americus, Georgia....
    
     (D), from December 19, 1896. Charles L. Moses
    Charles L. Moses
    Charles Leavell Moses was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born near Turin, Georgia, Moses attended small country schools and ultimately graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1876...
    
     (D). Leonidas F. Livingston
    Leonidas F. Livingston
    Leonidas Felix Livingston was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born near Covington, Georgia, Livingston attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....
    
     (D). Charles L. Bartlett
    Charles Lafayette Bartlett
    Charles Lafayette Bartlett was a U.S. political figure, a Democrat, a US Congressman from Georgia.Bartlett was born in Monticello, Georgia. He graduated in 1870 with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Georgia in Athens. While at UGA, he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society...
    
     (D). John W. Maddox
    John W. Maddox
    John W. Maddox was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born on a farm near Gore, Georgia, Maddox attended the common schools....
    
     (D). Thomas G. Lawson
    Thomas G. Lawson
    Thomas Graves Lawson was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born near Eatonton, Georgia, Lawson attended private schools and was graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1855.He studied law....
    
     (D). Farish C. Tate
    Farish Carter Tate
    Farish Carter Tate was a Georgia state legislator, U.S. Representative and lawyer.Tate was born in Jasper, Georgia, in 1856. He attended North Georgia Agricultural College in Dahlonega...
    
     (D). James C. C. Black
    James C. C. Black
    James Conquest Cross Black was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Kentucky and Georgia.-Biography:...
    
     (D), until March 4, 1895
  • James C. C. Black
    James C. C. Black
    James Conquest Cross Black was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Kentucky and Georgia.-Biography:...
    
     (D), from October 2, 1895. Henry G. Turner
    Henry Gray Turner
    Henry Gray Turner was an American politician, teacher, jurist and soldier.-Biography:Turner was born near Henderson, North Carolina...
    
     (D)

Illinois 

. J. Frank Aldrich

J. Frank Aldrich

James Franklin Aldrich was a United States Representative from Illinois. He was born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. He moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois in April 1861 where he attended the public schools. Later, he attended Chicago University and graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic...

 (R). William Lorimer

William Lorimer (politician)

William Lorimer was a U.S. Representative from the State of Illinois. He subsequently served in the United States Senate and was known as the "Blond Boss" in Chicago. In 1912, however, the Senate held Lorimer's election invalid due to the use of corrupt methods and practices including...

 (R). Lawrence E. McGann

Lawrence E. McGann

Lawrence Edward McGann , born in Galway, Ireland, was a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1891 to 1897. He was a Chicago Democrat.-References:* From Dooghcloon to Chicago: The Life and Career of Congressman Lawrence E...

 (D), until December 27, 1895

• • Hugh R. Belknap
    Hugh R. Belknap
    Hugh Reid Belknap was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Keokuk, Iowa, Belknap attended the public schools, Adams Academy, Quincy, Massachusetts, and Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. At the age of eighteen he entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co...
    
     (R), from December 27, 1895. Charles W. Woodman
    Charles W. Woodman
    Charles Walhart Woodman was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Woodman was born in Aalborg, Denmark and was educated in the schools of his native country. In 1863 Woodman emigrated to the United States arriving in Philadelphia and immediately enlisted in the Gulf Squadron of the United States Navy...
    
     (R). George E. White
    George E. White
    George Elon White was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Millbury, Massachusetts, White attended the public schools....
    
     (R). Edward D. Cooke
    Edward D. Cooke
    Edward Dean Cooke was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Cascade, Iowa, Cooke attended the common schools, the local academy, and the high school at Dubuque....
    
     (R). George E. Foss
    George E. Foss
    George Edmund Foss was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was a brother of Eugene Noble Foss.-Biography:Born in West Berkshire, Vermont, Foss attended the common schools, and graduated from Harvard University in 1885....
    
     (R). Albert J. Hopkins
    Albert J. Hopkins
    Albert Jarvis Hopkins was a Congressman and U.S. Senator from Illinois.Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced in Aurora. He was elected to fill out the congressional term of Reuben Ellwood in 1885 and was re-elected in his own right for eight...
    
     (R). Robert R. Hitt
    Robert R. Hitt
    Robert Roberts Hitt was an Assistant Secretary of State and later a member of the United States House of Representatives....
    
     (R). George W. Prince
    George W. Prince
    George Washington Prince was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Tazewell County, Illinois, Prince attended the public schools.He was graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, in 1878.He studied law....
    
     (R), from December 2, 1895. Walter Reeves
    Walter Reeves
    For the football player of the same name see Walter Reeves .Walter Reeves was a U.S...
    
     (R). Joseph G. Cannon
    Joseph Gurney Cannon
    Joseph Gurney Cannon was a United States politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and historians generally consider him to be the most dominant Speaker in United States history, with such...
    
     (R). Vespasian Warner
    Vespasian Warner
    Vespasian Warner was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Mount Pleasant , De Witt County, Illinois, Warner moved with his parents to Clinton, Illinois, in 1843....
    
     (R). Joseph V. Graff
    Joseph V. Graff
    Joseph Verdi Graff was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Graff was graduated from the Terre Haute High School, and attended Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, one year....
    
     (R). Benjamin F. Marsh
    Benjamin F. Marsh
    Benjamin Franklin Marsh was a U.S. Representative from Illinois in the late 19th century to early 20th century. He was also a lawyer, soldier, agriculture manager, stock raiser, and Illinois State Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner....
    
     (R). Finis E. Downing
    Finis E. Downing
    Finis Ewing Downing was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Virginia, Illinois, Downing attended public and private schools....
    
     (D), until June 5, 1896
  • John I. Rinaker
    John I. Rinaker
    John Irving Rinaker was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
    
     (R), from June 5, 1896. James A. Connolly
    James A. Connolly
    James Austin Connolly was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Newark, New Jersey, Connolly moved to Chesterville, Ohio, with his parents in 1850.He attended the common schools and Selby Academy, Chesterville, Ohio....
    
     (R). Frederick Remann
    Frederick Remann
    Frederick Remann was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Vandalia, Illinois, Remann attended the common schools of Vandalia and the Mifflin Academy....
    
     (R), died July 14, 1895
  • William F. L. Hadley
    William F. L. Hadley
    William Flavius Lester Hadley was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Collinsville, Illinois, Hadley attended the common schools....
    
     (R), from December 2, 1895. Benson Wood
    Benson Wood
    Benson Wood was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Early life and military service:Born near Bridgewater, Pennsylvania, Wood attended the common schools, Montrose Academy, and Wyoming Seminary. He moved to Illinois in 1859 and for two years was principal of a village school in Lee County...
    
     (R). Orlando Burrell
    Orlando Burrell
    Orlando Burrell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Newton, Pennsylvania, Burrell moved with his parents to White County, Illinois, in 1834.He attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....
    
     (R). Everett J. Murphy
    Everett J. Murphy
    Everett Jerome Murphy was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Nashville, Washington County, Illinois, Murphy moved with his parents to Sparta, Illinois.He attended the public and high schools....
    
     (R). George Washington Smith
    George Washington Smith (congressman)
    George Washington Smith was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Putnam County, Ohio, Smith moved with his father to Wayne County, Illinois, in 1850.Learned the blacksmith trade....
    
     (R)

Indiana 

. James A. Hemenway

James A. Hemenway

James Alexander Hemenway was a United States Representative and Senator from Indiana. Born in Boonville, Indiana, he attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Boonville in 1885...

 (R). Alexander M. Hardy

Alexander M. Hardy

Alexander Merrill Hardy was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada, Hardy pursued a college course and studied law. He came to the United States in 1864, taking a commercial course at Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, New York...

 (R). Robert J. Tracewell

Robert J. Tracewell

Robert John Tracewell was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Front Royal, Virginia, Tracewell moved with his parents to Corydon, Indiana, in 1854....

 (R). James E. Watson

James Eli Watson

James Eli Watson was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Indiana. He was the Senate's second official majority leader. While an article published by the Senate gives his year of birth as 1862, this is most probably incorrect.He was born in Winchester, Indiana, one of six children...

 (R). Jesse Overstreet

Jesse Overstreet

Jesse E. Overstreet was a U.S. Representative from Indiana. In 1900, Overstreet introduced the legislation that was ultimately passed as the Gold Standard Act....

 (R). Henry U. Johnson

Henry U. Johnson

Henry Underwood Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Cambridge City, Indiana, Johnson attended the Centerville Collegiate Institute and Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana.He studied law....

 (R). Charles L. Henry

Charles L. Henry

Charles Lewis Henry was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Green Township, Indiana, Henry moved with his parents to Pendleton, Indiana. He attended the common schools and Asbury University and graduated from the law department of Indiana University at Bloomington in 1872...

 (R). George W. Faris

George W. Faris

George Washington Faris was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Rensselaer, Indiana, Faris attended the public schools.He was graduated from Asbury University, Greencastle, Indiana, in 1877....

 (R). J. Frank Hanly

Frank Hanly

James Franklin Hanly was a United States politician who served as a congressman from Indiana from 1895 until 1897, and was the 26th Governor of Indiana from 1905 to 1909...

 (R). Jethro A. Hatch

Jethro A. Hatch

Jethro Ayers Hatch was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Early life and ancestors:He was born on June 18, 1837 in Pitcher, New York the son of Jethro Hatch, Sr. and Minerva Pierce, the daughter of Gordon Pierce and Thirza Smalley. He was the grandson of Timothy Hatch, one of the Proprietors and...

 (R). George W. Steele

George Washington Steele

George Washington Steele was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician who twice served as a Congressman for Indiana, from 1881 to 1889 and again from 1895 to 1903...

 (R). Jacob D. Leighty

Jacob D. Leighty

Jacob D. Leighty was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Biography:Born near Greensburg, Pennsylvania, LeightyIn 1844 moved with his parents to De Kalb County, Indiana, where they settled on a farm at Spencerville....

 (R). Lemuel W. Royse

Lemuel W. Royse

Lemuel Willard Royse was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Pierceton, Indiana, Royse attended the common schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in Warsaw, Indiana....

 (R)

Iowa 

. Samuel M. Clark

Samuel M. Clark

Samuel Mercer Clark was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district at the end of the 19th century...

 (R). George M. Curtis

George M. Curtis

George Martin Curtis was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district.Born near Oxford, New York, to John S. and Elizabeth Curtis, Curtis moved to Ogle County, Illinois, in 1856 with his parents, who settled on a farm near Rochelle, Illinois...

 (R). David B. Henderson

David B. Henderson

David Bremner Henderson , a ten-term Republican Congressman from Dubuque, Iowa, was the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1903...

 (R). Thomas Updegraff

Thomas Updegraff

Thomas Updegraff was an attorney and five-term Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northeastern Iowa. His two periods of service were separated by ten years out of Congress....

 (R). Robert G. Cousins

Robert G. Cousins

Robert Gordon Cousins was an eight-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 5th congressional district...

 (R). John F. Lacey

John F. Lacey

John Fletcher Lacey was an eight-term Republican United States congressman from Iowa's 6th congressional district. He was also the author of the Lacey Act of 1900, which made it a crime to ship illegal game across state lines, and the Lacey Act of 1907, which further regulated the handling of...

 (R). John A. T. Hull

John A. T. Hull

John Albert Tiffin Hull was a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 7th congressional district...

 (R). William P. Hepburn

William Peters Hepburn

William Peters Hepburn was an American Civil War officer and an eleven-term Republican congressman from Iowa's now-obsolete 8th congressional district, serving from 1881 to 1887, and from 1893 to 1909...

 (R). Alva L. Hager

Alva L. Hager

Alva Lysander Hager was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district in the 1890s....

 (R). Jonathan P. Dolliver

Jonathan P. Dolliver

Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver was a Republican orator, U.S. Representative, then U.S. Senator from Iowa at the turn of the 20th century...

 (R). George D. Perkins

George D. Perkins

George Douglas Perkins was a longtime newspaper editor, Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district in northwestern Iowa, and unsuccessful candidate for his party's nomination as Governor of Iowa....

 (R)

Kansas 

. Case Broderick

Case Broderick

Case Broderick was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Marion, Indiana, Case Broderick was a cousin of David Colbreth Broderick and Andrew Kennedy. Broderick attended the common schools in Indiana. He moved to Holton, Kansas, in 1858 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Case Broderick...

 (R). Orrin L. Miller

Orrin Larrabee Miller

Orrin Larrabee Miller was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Miller was born in Newburgh, Maine, January 11, 1856 and attended the common schools and was graduated from the Maine Central Institute at Pittsfield, Maine. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced practice in...

 (R). Snyder S. Kirkpatrick

Snyder S. Kirkpatrick

Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Mulkey, Illinois, Kirkpatrick attended the common schools....

 (R). Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States...

 (R). William A. Calderhead

William A. Calderhead

William Alexander Calderhead was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born on a farm near Lexington in Perry County, Ohio, Calderhead received private schooling and also attended the common schools and Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio.During the Civil War enlisted in August 1862 as a private in...

 (R). William Baker

William Baker (Kansas politician)

William Baker was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born near Centerville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Baker attended public school and graduated from the Waynesboro College in 1856. He was a teacher and moved to Iowa in 1859 to become principal of the public schools in Council Bluffs...

 (P). Chester I. Long

Chester I. Long

Chester Isaiah Long was a United States Representative and Senator from Kansas. Born in Greenwood Township, Pennsylvania, he moved with his parents to Daviess County, Missouri, in 1865 and to Paola, Kansas, in 1879. He attended the country schools and graduated from the normal school at Paola in...

 (R). Richard W. Blue

Richard W. Blue

Richard Whiting Blue was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Parkersburg, Virginia , Blue worked on a farm in the summertime and studied in the select schools of that locality during the winter season.He attended Monongalia Academy, Morgantown, Virginia, in 1859 and Washington College...

 (R)

Kentucky 

. John K. Hendrick

John Kerr Hendrick

John Kerr Hendrick was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Caswell County, North Carolina, Hendrick moved with his parents to Logan County and later to Todd County, Kentucky, attended private schools and Bethel College, Russellville, Kentucky, moved to Crittenden County, Kentucky, in 1869...

 (D). John D. Clardy

John Daniel Clardy

John Daniel Clardy was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life:John Clardy was born in Smith County, Tennessee on August 30, 1828. He was one of six sons and two daughters born to John C. and Elizabeth Clardy...

 (D). W. Godfrey Hunter

W. Godfrey Hunter

Whiteside Godfrey Hunter was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Belfast, Ireland, Hunter completed preparatory studies.Immigrated to the United States in 1858 and settled in New Castle, Pennsylvania....

 (R). John W. Lewis

John W. Lewis

John William Lewis was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Greensburg, Kentucky, Lewis attended the common schools.He was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1862.He studied law....

 (R). Walter Evans (R). Albert S. Berry

Albert S. Berry

Albert Seaton Berry was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.- Biography :Born in Fairfield , Campbell County, Kentucky, Berry attended the public schools. He graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1855 and from the Cincinnati Law School in 1858. He was admitted to the bar and...

 (D). William C. Owens

William Claiborne Owens

William Claiborne Owens was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Georgetown, Kentucky, Owens attended the common schools, also Kentucky Wesleyan College, Millersburg, Kentucky, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, and was graduated from Columbia Law School, New York City, in...

 (D). James B. McCreary

James B. McCreary

James Bennett McCreary was a lawyer and politician from the US state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress and served as its 27th and 37th governor...

 (D). Samuel J. Pugh

Samuel Johnson Pugh

Samuel Johnson Pugh was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Greenup County, Kentucky, Pugh moved with his parents to Lewis County in 1852...

 (R). Joseph M. Kendall

Joseph M. Kendall

Joseph Morgan Kendall was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, son of John Wilkerson Kendall.Born in West Liberty, Kentucky, Kendall received his early education from private tutors and in the public schools....

 (D), until February 18, 1897

• • Nathan T. Hopkins
    Nathan T. Hopkins
    Nathan Thomas Hopkins was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Ashe County, North Carolina, Hopkins moved to Pike County, Kentucky.He attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....
    
     (R), from February 18, 1897. David G. Colson
    David Grant Colson
    David Grant Colson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Biography:Born in Yellow Creek , Knox County, Kentucky, Colson attended the common schools and the academies at Tazewell and Mossy Creek, Tennessee.He studied law at the University of Kentucky at Lexington in 1879 and 1880.He was...
    
     (R)

Louisiana 

. Adolph Meyer

Adolph Meyer

Adolph Meyer was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served nine terms as a Democrat from 1891 until his death in office in 1908.-Biography:...

 (D). Charles F. Buck

Charles F. Buck

Charles Francis Buck was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in Durrheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, Buck immigrated to the United States in 1852 with his parents, who settled in New Orleans, Louisiana....

 (D). Andrew Price

Andrew Price

Andrew Price was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born on Chatsworth plantation, near Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, Price attended various private schools....

 (D). Henry W. Ogden (D). Charles J. Boatner

Charles J. Boatner

Charles Jahleal Boatner was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, Boatner completed preparatory studies.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1870 and practiced....

 (D), until March 20, 1896

• • Charles J. Boatner
    Charles J. Boatner
    Charles Jahleal Boatner was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, Boatner completed preparatory studies.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1870 and practiced....
    
     (D), from June 10, 1896. Samuel M. Robertson (D)

Maine 

. Thomas B. Reed

Thomas Brackett Reed

Thomas Brackett Reed, , occasionally ridiculed as Czar Reed, was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889–1891 and from 1895–1899...

 (R). Nelson Dingley, Jr.

Nelson Dingley, Jr.

Nelson Dingley, Jr., also known as Edward Nelson Dingley, Jr., was a journalist and politician from the U.S. state of Maine....

 (R). Seth L. Milliken

Seth L. Milliken

Seth Llewellyn Milliken was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Montville, Maine, Milliken attended the common schools and Waterville College.He was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1856....

 (R). Charles A. Boutelle

Charles A. Boutelle

Charles A. Boutelle was an American seaman, shipmaster, naval officer, Civil War veteran, newspaper editor, publisher, conservative Republican politician, and nine-term Representative to the U.S. Congress from the 4th Congressional District of Maine. He remains the second longest-serving U.S...

 (R)

Maryland 

. Joshua W. Miles

Joshua Weldon Miles

Joshua Weldon Miles was an American politician.Born on his father’s farm on the Great Annamessex River, near the village of Marion, Somerset County, Maryland, Miles attended private schools and Marion Academy...

 (D). William B. Baker

William Benjamin Baker

William Benjamin Baker was a U.S. Congressman who represented the second Congressional district of Maryland from 1895 to 1901....

 (R). Henry W. Rusk

Harry Welles Rusk

Harry Welles Rusk was a U.S. Representative from the third district of Maryland. He was also the president of the Kennard Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland. This was the first company to commercially sell Ouija boards in 1890.Rusk was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and attended private school...

 (D). John K. Cowen (D). Charles E. Coffin

Charles Edward Coffin

Charles Edward Coffin was an American industrialist and politician who lived his adult life in Maryland. From there he served in the state House of Delegates and Senate, and was elected to the United States Congress...

 (R). George L. Wellington

George Wellington

George Louis Wellington was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1897–1903. He also represented the sixth district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives....

 (R)

Massachusetts 

. Ashley B. Wright

Ashley B. Wright

Ashley Bascom Wright was an American politician. He was the chairman of the Committee on Mileage in the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses....

 (R). Frederick H. Gillett

Frederick H. Gillett

Frederick Huntington Gillett was an American politician during the early 20th century. Frederick H. Gillett was born in Westfield, Massachusetts to Edward Bates Gillett and Lucy Fowler Gillett . He graduated from Amherst College in 1874 and Harvard Law School in 1877. He began the practice of...

 (R). Joseph H. Walker

Joseph H. Walker

Joseph Henry Walker was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on December 21, 1829. He moved with his parents to Hopkinton and to Worcester. He attended the public schools and engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes...

 (R). Lewis D. Apsley

Lewis D. Apsley

Lewis Dewart Apsley was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Biography:Born in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Apsley moved with his parents to Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, in 1861. He attended public and private schools.He moved to Philadelphia and engaged in business...

 (R). William S. Knox

William Shadrach Knox

William Shadrach Knox was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts who served from 1895 to 1903.Knox was the son of William Shadrach Knox Sr and Rebecca Walker, and the grandson of Samuel Knox and Mary Kimbell and Jimmy Walker and Hannah Richardson...

 (R). William Cogswell

William Cogswell

William Cogswell was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was awarded the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers.-Biography:...

 (R), until May 22, 1895

• • William H. Moody
    William Henry Moody
    William Henry Moody was an American politician and jurist, who held positions in all three branches of the Government of the United States.-Biography:...
    
     (R), from November 5, 1895. William E. Barrett
    William Emerson Barrett
    William Emerson Barrett was an American journalist and politician.Barrett was a founder of The Boston Evening Record, and served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a United States Representative from Massachusetts.Barrett was born in Melrose, Massachusetts on December...
    
     (R). Samuel W. McCall
    Samuel W. McCall
    Samuel Walker McCall was a member of the United States House of Representatives, and the 47th Governor of Massachusetts...
    
     (R). John F. Fitzgerald (D). Harrison H. Atwood
    Harrison H. Atwood
    Harrison Henry Atwood was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1896, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1927, and 1928.-Biography:...
    
     (R). William F. Draper
    William F. Draper
    William Franklin Draper was an American businessman, industrialist, and soldier who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Biography:Draper was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on April 9, 1842...
    
     (R). Elijah A. Morse
    Elijah A. Morse
    Elijah Adams Morse was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, Morse moved to Massachusetts with his parents, who settled in Boston in 1852....
    
     (R). John Simpkins
    John Simpkins
    John Simpkins was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Simpkins attended the public schools of Yarmouth and St. Mark's School, Southboro, Massachusetts....
    
     (R)

Michigan 

. John B. Corliss

John Blaisdell Corliss

John Blaisdell Corliss was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life:Corliss was born in Richford, Vermont, to Hezekiah and Lydia Corliss...

 (R). George Spalding

George Spalding

George Spalding was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Spalding was born in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland and immigrated to the United States in 1843 with his parents. The settled in Buffalo, New York, where he attended the public schools. He later moved to Monroe,...

 (R). Alfred Milnes

Alfred Milnes

Alfred Milnes was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life:Milnes was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. His parents, Henry and Mary Ann Milnes joined the LDS Church and left England with their family in 1854. After a sixty day voyage from Liverpool, they arrived in New...

 (R), from December 2, 1895. Henry F. Thomas

Henry F. Thomas

Henry Franklin Thomas was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Thomas was born in Tompkins Township, Michigan and attended the common schools and Albion College of Albion, Michigan in 1859. He enlisted in 1862 during the American Civil War as a private in the Seventh Regiment, Michigan...

 (R). William Alden Smith

William Alden Smith

William Alden Smith was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Early career:Smith was born in Dowagiac, Michigan and attended the common schools. He moved with his parents to Grand Rapids in 1872, where he attended school, sold popcorn, and was a newsboy and messenger boy...

 (R). David D. Aitken

David D. Aitken

David Demerest Aitken was a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan.-Early life:Aitken was born on a farm in Flint Township, Michigan in Genesee County. His father, Robert P. Aitken, served in the Michigan House of Representatives 1865-1868. Aitken attended the district schools and the...

 (R). Horace G. Snover

Horace G. Snover

Horace Greeley Snover was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan.Snover was born in Romeo, Michigan, where he attended the public schools and the Dickenson Institute. He graduated from the academic department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1869 and from the law...

 (R). William S. Linton

William S. Linton

William Seelye Linton was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Linton was born in St. Clair, Michigan and moved with his parents to Saginaw in 1859, where he attended the public schools. He engaged as clerk in a store at Farwell and became engaged in various activities connected with the...

 (R). Roswell P. Bishop

Roswell P. Bishop

Roswell Peter Bishop was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Bishop was born in Sidney, New York, and attended Unadilla Academy, Cooperstown Seminary and Walton Academy, all in Upstate New York, after which he taught school for several years.During the American Civil War, he...

 (R). Rousseau O. Crump

Rousseau Owen Crump

Rousseau Owen Crump was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Michigan.Crump was born in Pittsford, New York, the eldest son of Samuel and Sarah Crump. His parents had settled in Pittsford in April 1842 after emigrating from England soon after marrying. His father was born and...

 (R). John Avery

John Avery (politician)

John Avery was a physician and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Avery was born in Watertown, New York and moved with his parents to Michigan in 1836. He attended the common schools and entered Grass Lake Academy in Jackson, where he studied medicine for two years...

 (R). Samuel M. Stephenson

Samuel M. Stephenson

Samuel Merritt Stephenson was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Stephenson was born in Hartland, New Brunswick, Canada and moved with his parents to Maine, and later, in 1846, to Delta County, Michigan. He engaged in lumbering and moved to Menominee, Michigan in 1858...

 (R)

Minnesota 

. James Albertus Tawney

James Albertus Tawney

James Albertus Tawney was a blacksmith, machinist and U.S. politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota. He was the first House Majority Whip, holding that position from 1899 to 1905....

 (R). James McCleary

James McCleary

James Thompson McCleary was a United States Representative from Minnesota. Born in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, he was educated at Ingersoll High School and McGill University...

 (R). Joel Heatwole

Joel Heatwole

Joel Prescott Heatwole was a U.S. House Representative from Minnesota.He was born at Waterford Mills, Indiana. He attended the public schools, and learned the printer’s trade...

 (R). Andrew Kiefer

Andrew Kiefer

Andrew Robert Kiefer was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born at Marienborn, Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; he attended school in Mainz; immigrated to the United States in 1849 and settled in St...

 (R). Loren Fletcher

Loren Fletcher

Loren Fletcher was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine; he attended the public schools and Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kents Hill, Maine; moved to Bangor in 1853; was a stonecutter, clerk in a store, and an employee of a lumber company; moved to...

 (R). Charles A. Towne

Charles A. Towne

Charles Arnette Towne was an American politician. Born near Pontiac, Michigan, he graduated from the University of Michigan and served in the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota as a Republican in the 54th congress and from New York as a Democrat in the 59th congress.Towne also...

 (R). Frank Eddy

Frank Eddy

Frank Marion Eddy was a United States Representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district. Eddy was born in Pleasant Grove Township, Minnesota before moving to Iowa in 1860 with his family. They returned in 1863 to Olmsted County, Minnesota, and settled near Elmira...

 (R)

Mississippi 

. John M. Allen

John Mills Allen

John Mills Allen was a Representative from Mississippi; born in Tishomingo County, Miss., July 8, 1846; he attended the common schools during the Civil War enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army and served throughout the war...

 (D). John Kyle

John Kyle

John Curtis Kyle was a Democratic politician from the US state of Mississippi during the late 19th century.Kyle was born in Sardis, Mississippi and attended Bethel College in Tennessee...

 (D). Thomas C. Catchings

Thomas C. Catchings

Thomas Clendinen Catchings was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.-Biography:Born near Brownsville, Mississippi, Catchings was tutored at home....

 (D). Hernando Money

Hernando Money

Hernando DeSoto Money was an American politician from the state of Mississippi.-Biography:Money was born in Holmes County, Mississippi. He was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto. Early in his life, he moved with his family to Carrollton, Mississippi...

 (D). John Sharp Williams

John Sharp Williams

John Sharp Williams was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1908....

 (D). Walter McKennon Denny (D). James G. Spencer

James G. Spencer

James Grafton Spencer was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born near Port Gibson, Mississippi, Spencer attended private schools and Oakland College in 1861....

 (D)

Missouri 

. Charles N. Clark (R). Uriel S. Hall (D). Alexander M. Dockery

Alexander Monroe Dockery

Alexander Monroe Dockery was a United States Representative and the 30th Governor of Missouri....

 (D). George C. Crowther (R). John C. Tarsney

John Charles Tarsney

John Charles Tarsney was a politician from the U.S. state of Missouri.One of Tarsney's most long lasting contributions was the "Tarsney Act" which permitted private architects to design federal buildings after being selected in a competition under the supervision of Supervising Architect of the...

 (D), until February 27, 1896

• • Robert T. Van Horn
    Robert T. Van Horn
    Robert Thompson Van Horn was a lawyer, the owner and publisher of the The Kansas City Enterprise, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri during the parts of the Civil War, member of the Missouri General Assembly, and representative to the Forty-seventh Congress of the United States.Born in East Mahoning...
    
     (R), from February 27, 1896. David A. De Armond
    David A. De Armond
    David Albaugh De Armond was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri's 12th congressional district from March 4, 1891 until March 3, 1893, and then Missouri's 6th congressional district from March 4, 1893- until dying in office in 1909.He was born in Blair County, Pennsylvania, attended...
    
     (D). John P. Tracey (R). Joel D. Hubbard (R). William M. Treloar
    William M. Treloar
    William Mitchellson Treloar was an American music professor, composer, music publisher, and U.S. Representative from Missouri....
    
     (R). Richard Bartholdt
    Richard Bartholdt
    Richard Bartholdt was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Schleiz, Germany, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College ....
    
     (R). Charles F. Joy
    Charles Frederick Joy
    Charles Frederick Joy was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Joy attended the public schools.He was graduated from Yale College in 1874.He studied law....
    
     (R). Seth W. Cobb (D). John H. Raney (R). Norman A. Mozley (R). Charles G. Burton (R)

Montana 

. Charles S. Hartman

Charles S. Hartman

Charles Sampson Hartman was a U.S. Representative from Montana.Born in Monticello, Indiana, Hartman attended the public schools and Wabash College in Crawfordsville.He moved to Bozeman, Montana, in January 1882....

 (R)

Nebraska 

. Jesse B. Strode

Jesse Burr Strode

Jesse Burr Strode was a Nebraska Republican politician.He was born in Fulton County, Illinois on February 18, 1845 and graduated from Abingdon College in Abingdon, Illinois...

 (R). David H. Mercer

David Henry Mercer

David Henry Mercer was a Nebraska Republican politician.Born in Benton County, Iowa on July 9, 1857, he moved with his parents to Adams County, Illinois in 1858. After the American Civil War he moved again to Brownville, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1880 and...

 (R). George D. Meiklejohn

George de Rue Meiklejohn

George de Rue Meiklejohn was a Nebraska Republican politician who served as the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska and a representative of the U.S. state of Nebraska....

 (R). Eugene J. Hainer

Eugene Jerome Hainer

Eugene Jerome Hainer was a Nebraska republican politician.Born in Pécs, Hungary in 1851, he immigrated to the United States with his parents settling in Columbia, Missouri in 1854. He later moved with them in 1861 to the Hungarian settlement of New Buda founded by George Pomutz. He spent his...

 (R). William E. Andrews

William E. Andrews

William Ezekiel Andrews was a Nebraska Republican politician.Born near Oskaloosa, Iowa on December 17, 1854, he became an orphan early in life. He worked as a farm hand to get by and graduated from Simpson College in 1874 and from Parsons College in 1875. He was elected superintendent of schools...

 (R). Omer M. Kem

Omer Madison Kem

Omer Madison Kem was a Nebraska Populist politician.Kem was born in Hagerstown, Indiana. He moved to Custer County, Nebraska in 1882 and to Broken Bow, Nebraska in 1890 where he farmed. He was deputy treasurer of Custer County from 1890 to 1891...

 (P)

New Hampshire 

. Cyrus A. Sulloway

Cyrus A. Sulloway

Cyrus Adams Sulloway was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire. He served from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1913, and from March 4, 1915 until his death in Washington, D.C.-External links:...

 (R). Henry M. Baker

Henry Moore Baker

Henry Moore Baker was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Bow, near Concord, New Hampshire, Baker attended the common schools, as well as Pembroke, Tilton, and Hopkinton Academies in New Hampshire...

 (R)

New Jersey 

. Henry C. Loudenslager

Henry C. Loudenslager

Henry Clay Loudenslager was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 1st congressional district from 1893 to 1911.-Biography:...

 (R). John J. Gardner

John J. Gardner

John James Gardner was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1893 to 1913, and was Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey.-Biography:Born in Atlantic County, New Jersey, Gardner attended the...

 (R). Benjamin F. Howell (R). Mahlon Pitney

Mahlon Pitney

Mahlon Pitney was an American jurist and Republican Party politician from New Jersey, who served in the United States Congress and as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.-Biography:...

 (R). James F. Stewart

James F. Stewart

James Fleming Stewart was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from to 1895 to 1903.Stewart was born in Paterson, New Jersey on June 15, 1851...

 (R). Richard Wayne Parker

Richard W. Parker

Richard Wayne Parker was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 6th congressional district from 1895 to 1903, the 7th district from 1903 to 1911, and the 9th district from 1914 to 1919 and again from 1921 to 1923,...

 (R). Thomas McEwan, Jr.

Thomas McEwan, Jr.

Thomas McEwan, Jr. was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1899.-Biography:McEwan was born in Paterson, New Jersey on February 26, 1854...

 (R). Charles N. Fowler

Charles N. Fowler

Charles Newell Fowler was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1903, and the 5th district from 1903 to 1911.Fowler was born in Lena, Illinois on November 2, 1852...

 (R)

New York 

. Richard C. McCormick

Richard Cunningham McCormick

Richard Cunningham McCormick, Jr. was an American politician, businessman, and journalist. He served as the second Governor of Arizona Territory, three time Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona Territory, and as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York...

 (R). Denis M. Hurley

Denis M. Hurley

Denis M. Hurley was a United States Representative from New York, 1895-1899.Hurley, a Brooklynite, was born in Ireland....

 (R). Francis H. Wilson

Francis H. Wilson

Francis Henry Wilson was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Clinton, New York, Wilson lived in Utica, New York, until ten years of age, when he moved with his parents to the Westmoreland farm....

 (R). Israel F. Fischer

Israel F. Fischer

Israel Frederick Fischer was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Fischer moved to Brooklyn in September 1887.He attended the public schools and Cooper Institute, New York City....

 (R). Charles G. Bennet

Charles G. Bennet

Charles Goodwin Bennett was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bennett attended the public schools. He graduated from Brooklyn High School and from New York Law School in 1882...

t (R). James R. Howe

James R. Howe

James Robinson Howe was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Howe attended the common schools.He was employed as a clerk in a dry-goods store....

 (R). Franklin Bartlett

Franklin Bartlett

Franklin Bartlett was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:Bartlett was born in Worcester County, Massachusetts, and graduated from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1865 and from Harvard University in 1869. He attended Columbia College Law School in 1869. He was admitted to the bar...

 (D). James J. Walsh

James J. Walsh (New York)

James Joseph Walsh was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Walsh attended the public schools and St...

 (D), until June 2, 1896

• • John M. Mitchell
    John M. Mitchell
    John Murry Mitchell was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Mitchell attended Leggett's School at New York City.He was graduated from Columbia College, New York City, where he was a member of St...
    
     (R), from June 2, 1896. Henry Clay Miner
    Henry C. Miner
    Henry Clay Miner was a theatrical impresario and U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Miner attended the public schools and the American Institute of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City....
    
     (D). Amos J. Cummings
    Amos J. Cummings
    Amos Jay Cummings was a United States Representative from New York and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.-Biography:...
    
     (D) from November 5, 1895. William Sulzer
    William Sulzer
    William Sulzer was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer. He was the 39th Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman from the same state. He was the first and so far only New York Governor to be impeached...
    
     (D). George B. McClellan, Jr.
    George B. McClellan, Jr.
    George Brinton McClellan, Jr., was an American politician, statesman, and educator. The son of American Civil War general and presidential candidate George B...
    
     (D). Richard C. Shannon
    Richard C. Shannon
    Richard Cutts Shannon was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:Born in New London, Connecticut, Shannon was graduated from the grammar and high schools at Biddeford, Maine, and from Waterville College , Maine.During the Civil War enlisted in Company H, Fifth Regiment, Maine Volunteer...
    
     (R). Lemuel E. Quigg
    Lemuel E. Quigg
    Lemuel Ely Quigg was a United States Representative from New York.-Biography:He was born near Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland to a Methodist minister. He attended the public schools of Wilmington, Delaware. He moved to New York City in 1880 and engaged in journalism. He was the editor of the...
    
     (R). Philip B. Low
    Philip B. Low
    Philip Burrill Low was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Low attended the public schools and was graduated from high school....
    
     (R). Benjamin L. Fairchild
    Benjamin L. Fairchild
    Benjamin Lewis Fairchild was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Sweden , Monroe County, New York, Fairchild attended the public schools of Washington, D.C., and a business college. He was graduated from the law department of Columbian University at Washington, D.C., in 1885...
    
     (R). Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. (R). Jacob LeFever
    Jacob LeFever
    Jacob Le Fever was a U.S. Representative from New York, father of Frank Jacob Le Fevre.Born in New Paltz, New York, Le Fever attended New Paltz Academy and Amenia Seminary.Supervisor of the town in 1861 and 1862....
    
     (R). Frank S. Black
    Frank S. Black
    Frank Swett Black was an American newspaper editor, lawyer and politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897, and the 32nd Governor of New York from 1897 to 1898.-Life:He was one of eleven children of Jacob Black, a farmer, and Charlotte B. Black...
    
     (R), until January 7, 1897, vacant thereafter. George N. Southwick
    George N. Southwick
    George Newell Southwick was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Albany, New York, Southwick attended private and public schools....
    
     (R). David F. Wilber
    David F. Wilber
    David Forrest Wilber was a United States Representative and consul from New York.Wilber was born in Milford, New York, to former congressman David Wilber. He attended public schools before graduating from Cazenovia Seminary in 1879...
    
     (R). Newton M. Curtis (R). Wallace T. Foote, Jr.
    Wallace T. Foote, Jr.
    Wallace Turner Foote, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Port Henry, New York, Foote attended the Port Henry Union School and Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, and was graduated as a civil engineer from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1885.He served as...
    
     (R). Charles A. Chickering
    Charles A. Chickering
    Charles Addison Chickering was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Harrisburg, New York, Chickering attended the common schools and Lowville Academy and was for some time a teacher in that institution. He engaged in business as a hardware merchant. He served as school commissioner of...
    
     (R). James S. Sherman
    James S. Sherman
    James Schoolcraft Sherman was a United States Representative from New York and the 27th Vice President of the United States . He was a member of the Baldwin, Hoar, and Sherman families.-Early life:...
    
     (R). George W. Ray
    George W. Ray
    George Washington Ray was a United States Representative from New York.Born in Otselic, he attended the common schools and Norwich Academy. During the Civil War he was a private in Company B, Ninetieth New York Volunteers, and brigade clerk, First Brigade, First Division, Nineteenth Army Corps...
    
     (R). Theodore L. Poole
    Theodore L. Poole
    Theodore Lewis Poole was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Jordan, New York, Poole moved with his parents to Syracuse, New York, in 1842.He attended the common schools....
    
     (R). Sereno E. Payne
    Sereno E. Payne
    Sereno Elisha Payne was a United States Representative from New York and the first House Majority Leader, holding the office from 1899 to 1911. He was a Republican Congressman from 1883 to 1887 and then from 1889 to his death in 1914. He was chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee for 12...
    
     (R). Charles W. Gillet
    Charles W. Gillet
    Charles William Gillet was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Addison, New York, Gillet attended the public schools and the Delaware Literary Institute, Franklin, New York....
    
     (R). James W. Wadsworth
    James Wolcott Wadsworth
    James Wolcott Wadsworth was an American farmer, soldier and statesman.-Life:...
    
     (R). Henry C. Brewster
    Henry C. Brewster
    Henry Colvin Brewster was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Rochester, New York, Brewster attended the public schools.He became a clerk in the Traders' National Bank in 1863....
    
     (R). Rowland B. Mahany
    Rowland B. Mahany
    Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Buffalo, New York, Mahany attended the public schools, Hobart College, Geneva, New York, and Union College, Schenectady, New York....
    
     (R). Charles Daniels
    Charles Daniels (politician)
    Charles Daniels was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...
    
     (R). Warren B. Hooker
    Warren B. Hooker
    Warren Brewster Hooker was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Perrysburg, New York, Hooker attended the public schools and Forestville Free Academy, Forestville, New York.He studied law....
    
     (R)

North Carolina 

. Harry Skinner

Harry Skinner

Harry Skinner was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, and the brother of Thomas Gregory Skinner.Born near Hertford, North Carolina, Skinner attended Hertford Academy and was graduated from the law department of the University of Kentucky at Lexington.He was admitted to the bar in 1876 and...

 (P). Frederick A. Woodard

Frederick Augustus Woodard

Frederick Augustus Woodard was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1893 and 1897.Born near Wilson, North Carolina, Woodard attended private schools in Wilson County and studied law under Richmond Mumford Pearson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina...

 (D). John G. Shaw

John G. Shaw

John Gilbert Shaw was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born near Fayetteville, North Carolina, Shaw attended the common schools.He engaged in the naval-stores business.He studied law....

 (D). William F. Strowd

William Franklin Strowd

William Franklin Strowd was a Populist U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1895 and 1899.Strowd was born near Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1832 and attended local schools. A farmer, he was a private in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.Strowd was a member of the North...

 (P). Thomas Settle, III (R). James A. Lockhart

James A. Lockhart

James Alexander Lockhart was a United States Representative from North Carolina. He was born in Anson County, North Carolina, on June 2, 1850, and attended the common schools...

 (D), until June 5, 1896

• • Charles H. Martin
    Charles H. Martin (congressman)
    Charles Henry Martin , was a United States Representative from North Carolina. Martin was born near Youngsville, Franklin County, N.C., on August 28, 1848. He attended the common schools and the preparatory department of Wake Forest College, graduating from Wake Forest in 1872 and from the...
    
     (P), from June 5, 1896. Alonzo C. Shuford
    Alonzo C. Shuford
    Alonzo Craig Shuford was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born on a farm near Newton, North Carolina, Shuford attended the common schools and Newton College.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....
    
     (P). Romulus Z. Linney
    Romulus Zachariah Linney
    Romulus Zachariah Linney was a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1895 and 1901.Linney was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina, the son of Martha and William Coplin Linney. He attended common schools, York's Collegiate Institute, and Doctor Millen's School in...
    
     (R). Richmond Pearson
    Richmond Pearson
    Richmond Pearson was an American diplomat and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina.-Biography:He was born in Yadkin County, North Carolina, the fourth of five children of North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Richmond Mumford Pearson.Pearson studied law and was admitted...
    
     (R)

North Dakota 

. Martin N. Johnson

Martin N. Johnson

Martin Nelson Johnson was a North Dakota politician who served as a United States Representative and Senator from North Dakota.-Biography:...

 (R)

Ohio 

. Charles P. Taft

Charles Phelps Taft

Charles Phelps Taft I was an American lawyer and politician.-Biography:He was born on December 21, 1843 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Alphonso Taft, and his brother was President William Howard Taft....

 (R). Jacob H. Bromwell

Jacob H. Bromwell

Jacob Henry Bromwell was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Bromwell resided during his boyhood in Newport, Kentucky....

 (R). Paul J. Sorg

Paul J. Sorg

Paul John Sorg was a businessman and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.-Biography:...

 (D). Fernando C. Layton

Fernando C. Layton

Fernando Coello Layton was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near St. Johns, Auglaize County, Ohio, Layton attended the public schools and Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio.He studied law....

 (D). Francis B. De Witt

Francis B. De Witt

Francis Byron De Witt was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Jackson County, Indiana, De Witt moved with his parents in 1854 to a farm in Delaware County, Ohio....

 (R). George W. Hulick

George W. Hulick

George Washington Hulick was a teacher, lawyer, soldier, judge, and a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:...

 (R). George W. Wilson

George W. Wilson

George Washington Wilson was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Wilson was born in Brighton, Ohio and attended the common schools and Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio....

 (R). Luther M. Strong

Luther M. Strong

Luther Martin Strong was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Tiffin, Ohio, Strong attended the common schools and Aaron Schuyler's Academy, Republic, Ohio.He taught school....

 (R). James H. Southard

James H. Southard

James Harding Southard was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Toledo, Ohio, in Washington Township, Lucas County, Ohio, Southard attended the public schools and was graduated from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in 1874.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced...

 (R). Lucien J. Fenton

Lucien J. Fenton

Lucien Jerome Fenton was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Winchester, Ohio, Fenton attended the public schools, National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio, and Ohio University at Athens....

 (R). Charles H. Grosvenor

Charles H. Grosvenor

Charles Henry Grosvenor was a multiple-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

 (R). David K. Watson

David K. Watson

David Kemper Watson was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near London, Ohio, Watson was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1871 and from the law department of Boston University in 1873....

 (R). Stephen R. Harris

Stephen Ross Harris

Stephen Ross Harris was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, uncle of Ebenezer Byron Finley.Born seven miles west of Massillon, Ohio, Harris attended the common and select schools, Washington College , Norwalk Seminary, and Western Reserve College, then at Hudson, Ohio.He studied law.He was admitted...

 (R). Winfield S. Kerr

Winfield S. Kerr

Winfield Scott Kerr was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Monroe, Ohio, Kerr attended the common schools of his native city....

 (R). Henry C. Van Voorhis

H. Clay Van Voorhis

Henry Clay Van Voorhis was a United States Congressman from Muskingum Co., Ohio.- Biography :He was born to Daniel and Jane Van Voorhis in Nashport, Ohio....

 (R). Lorenzo Danford

Lorenzo Danford

Lorenzo Danford was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Washington Township, Ohio, Danford attended the common schools and a college at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, for two years.He studied law....

 (R). Addison S. McClure

Addison S. McClure

Addison S. McClure was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Wooster, Ohio, McClure pursued an academic course in Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania . He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1861 and commenced practice in Wooster. He entered the Army as a private in...

 (R). Robert W. Tayler (R). Stephen A. Northway

Stephen A. Northway

Stephen Asa Northway was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Christian Hollow, New York, Northway moved with his parents in 1840 to the township of Orwell, Ohio....

 (R). Clifton B. Beach

Clifton B. Beach

Clifton Bailey Beach was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Sharon, Ohio, Beach moved to Cleveland with his parents in 1857....

 (R). Theodore E. Burton

Theodore E. Burton

Theodore Elijah Burton was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate....

 (R)

Oregon 

. Binger Hermann

Binger Hermann

Binger Hermann was an American attorney and politician in Oregon. A native of Maryland, he immigrated to the Oregon Territory with his parents as part of the Baltimore Colony. Hermann would serve in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly and as a Republican in the United States Congress...

 (R). William R. Ellis

William R. Ellis

William Russell Ellis was an American educator, attorney and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Indiana, he grew up in Iowa before moving to Oregon where he worked as a school superintendent and district attorney. A Republican, he served as U.S...

 (R)

Pennsylvania 

. Henry H. Bingham

Henry H. Bingham

Henry Harrison Bingham was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, who received the United States Military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of the Wilderness....

 (R). Robert Adams, Jr.

Robert Adams, Jr. (Pennsylvania)

Robert Adams, Jr. was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Robert Adams, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Doctor Fairies Physical Institute in Philadelphia and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1869,...

 (R). Frederick Halterman

Frederick Halterman

Frederick Halterman was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Frederick Halterman was born in Vegesack on the Weser, part of the old Hanse town of Bremen, Germany. He immigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia in September 1849. He engaged in...

 (R). John E. Reyburn

John E. Reyburn

John Edgar Reyburn was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and Mayor of Philadelphia....

 (R). Alfred C. Harmer

Alfred C. Harmer

Alfred Crout Harmer was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Alfred C. Harmer was born in Germantown, PA. Began work as a shoe manufacturer. He became a member of the city council of Philadelphia, serving from 1856–1860 and then a recorder of deeds for...

 (R). John B. Robinson

John Buchanan Robinson

John Buchanan Robinson was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...

 (R). Irving P. Wanger

Irving Price Wanger

Irving Price Wanger was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Irving P. Wanger was born in North Coventry Township, Pennsylvania. He served as deputy prothonotary of Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1871. He commenced the study of law at Norristown,...

 (R). Joseph J. Hart

Joseph Johnson Hart

Joseph Johnson Hart was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Joseph J. Hart was born in Nyack, New York. He attended the schools of Nyack and was graduated from the Charlier Institute in New York City, in 1876...

 (D). Constantine J. Erdman

Constantine Jacob Erdman

Constantine Jacob Erdman was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....

 (D). Marriott Brosius

Marriott Henry Brosius

Marriott Henry Brosius was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Education and military service:...

 (R). Joseph A. Scranton

Joseph A. Scranton

Joseph Augustine Scranton was a Republican politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883, 1885 to 1887, 1889 to 1891, and 1893 to 1897....

 (R). John Leisenring

John Leisenring

John Leisenring was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Leisenring was born in Ashton, Pennsylvania, now known as Lansford, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. He attended two public schools, Schwartz’s Academy in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and an academy in...

 (R). Charles N. Brumm

Charles N. Brumm

Charles Napoleon Brumm was a Greenbacker and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:...

 (R). Ephraim M. Woomer

Ephraim Milton Woomer

Ephraim Milton Woomer was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Ephraim M. Woomer was born in Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools...

 (R). James H. Codding

James Hodge Codding

James Hodge Codding was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James H. Codding was born in Pike Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He moved to Towanda, Pennsylvania, in 1854. He attended the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute in Towanda and Dartmouth...

 (R), from November 5, 1895. Fred C. Leonard

Fred Churchill Leonard

Fred Churchill Leonard was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Fred C. Leonard was born in Elmer, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, the State normal school at Mansfield, Pennsylvania, and Williston Seminary in Easthampton, Massachusetts. He...

 (R). Monroe H. Kulp

Monroe Henry Kulp

Monroe Henry Kulp was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Monroe H. Kulp was born in Barto, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, the State Normal College in Lebanon, Ohio, and was graduated from Eastman Business College in...

 (R). Thaddeus M. Mahon

Thaddeus Maclay Mahon

Thaddeus Maclay Mahon was a soldier, attorney, railroad executive, and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Thaddeus M. Mahon was born in rural Green Village, Pennsylvania...

 (R). James A. Stahle

James Alonzo Stahle

James Alonzo Stahle was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...

 (R). Josiah D. Hicks

Josiah Duane Hicks

Josiah Duane Hicks was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Josiah D. Hicks was born in Machen, Wales. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 2003, and in the same year moved to...

 (R). Daniel B. Heiner

Daniel Brodhead Heiner

Daniel Brodhead Heiner was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Daniel B. Heiner was born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools at Kittanning, Dayton Academy in Dayton, Pennsylvania, and Dickinson School of Law at Carlisle, Pennsylvania...

 (R). John Dalzell

John Dalzell

John Dalzell was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.-Biography:John Dalzell was born in New York City. He moved with his parents to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1847....

 (R). William A. Stone

William A. Stone

William Alexis Stone was the 22nd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1899 to 1903.-Early life:Stone was born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. In 1864, Stone enlisted in the Union Army as a private during the American Civil War, and became a second lieutenant in 1865. He continued his military service after...

 (R). Ernest F. Acheson

Ernest F. Acheson

Ernest Francis Acheson was a newspaper editor and a representative to the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Washington, Pennsylvania in 1855. He attended the public schools there, and then went on Washington and Jefferson College in 1875.He was admitted to the bar in 1877...

 (R). Thomas W. Phillips

Thomas Wharton Phillips

Thomas Wharton Phillips was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Thomas W. Phillips was born near Mount Jackson, Pennsylvania, in that section of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, now included in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania...

 (R). Matthew Griswold

Matthew Griswold (congressman)

Matthew Griswold was an American Congressman from Erie, Pennsylvania.Matthew Griswold was the grandson of congressman Roger Griswold and the great-grandson of governor Matthew Griswold...

 (R). Charles W. Stone

Charles Warren Stone

Charles Warren Stone was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania....

 (R). William C. Arnold

William Carlile Arnold

William Carlile Arnold was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William C. Arnold was born in Luthersburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts...

 (R). Galusha A. Grow

Galusha A. Grow

Galusha Aaron Grow was a prominent U.S. politician, lawyer, writer and businessman, and was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1861 to 1863. He was defeated for reelection in 1862...

 (R). George F. Huff

George Franklin Huff

George Franklin Huff was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George F. Huff was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools in Middletown, Pennsylvania, and later in Altoona, Pennsylvania...

 (R)

Rhode Island 

. Melville Bull

Melville Bull

Melville Bull was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Bull attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, and graduated from Harvard University in 1877...

 (R). Warren O. Arnold

Warren O. Arnold

Warren Otis Arnold was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Coventry, Rhode Island, Arnold attended the common schools.He engaged in mercantile pursuits at Coventry from 1857 to 1864....

 (R)

South Carolina 

. William Elliott

William Elliott (politician)

William Elliott was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, Elliott attended Beaufort College and Harvard University....

 (D), until June 4, 1896

• • George W. Murray
    George W. Murray
    George Washington Murray was born a slave and served as a Congressman from South Carolina.He was born a slave near Rembert, Sumter County, South Carolina on September 22, 1853. Murray attended the public schools and the University of South Carolina at Columbia for two years...
    
     (R), from June 4, 1896. William J. Talbert (D). Asbury C. Latimer
    Asbury Latimer
    Asbury Churchwell Latimer was a United States Representative and Senator from South Carolina. Born near Lowndesville, South Carolina, he attended the common schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and in 1880 moved to Belton, South Carolina and devoted his time to farming.Latimer was elected as...
    
     (D). Stanyarne Wilson
    Stanyarne Wilson
    Stanyarne Wilson was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Yorkville , South Carolina, Wilson attended Kings Mountain Military School and Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia....
    
     (D). Thomas J. Strait (D). John L. McLaurin
    John L. McLaurin
    John Lowndes McLaurin was a United States Representative and Senator from South Carolina; born in Red Bluff, South Carolina, he attended schools at Bennettsville, South Carolina and Englewood, New Jersey as well as Bethel Military Academy and Swarthmore College He graduated from the Carolina...
    
     (D). J. William Stokes
    J. William Stokes
    James William Stokes was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near Orangeburg, South Carolina, Stokes attended the common schools and was graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in 1876. He taught school for 12 years.He was graduated in medicine from Vanderbilt...
    
     (D), until June 1, 1896

J. William Stokes

J. William Stokes

James William Stokes was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near Orangeburg, South Carolina, Stokes attended the common schools and was graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in 1876. He taught school for 12 years.He was graduated in medicine from Vanderbilt...

 (D), from November 3, 1896

South Dakota 

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. Robert J. Gamble

Robert J. Gamble

Robert Jackson Gamble was a U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph Abernethy Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble....

 (R). John Pickler

John Pickler

John Alfred "Dingaling" Pickler was a U.S. Republican politician.Pickler studied at the University of Michigan....

 (R)

Tennessee 

. William C. Anderson

William Coleman Anderson

William Coleman Anderson was a U.S. Republican politician.He was born at Tusculum, near Greeneville, Tennessee. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee in 1894 and served from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1897. He died in Newport,...

 (R). Henry R. Gibson

Henry R. Gibson

Henry Richard Gibson was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...

 (R). Foster V. Brown

Foster V. Brown

Foster Vincent Brown was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee, father of Joseph Edgar Brown.-Biography:Born near Sparta, Tennessee, Brown attended the common schools....

 (R). Benton McMillin

Benton McMillin

Benton McMillin was governor of the U.S. state of Tennessee from 1899 to 1903. A Democrat, he was a native of Monroe County, Kentucky and an attorney.-Biography:...

 (D). James D. Richardson

James D. Richardson

James Daniel Richardson was an American politician and a Democrat from Tennessee. Richardson represented Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 through 1905. He was among the earliest U.S...

 (D). Joseph E. Washington

Joseph E. Washington

Joseph Edwin Washington was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 6th congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...

 (D). Nicholas N. Cox

Nicholas N. Cox

Nicholas Nichols Cox was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 7th congressional district.-Biography:He was born in Bedford County, Tennessee on January 6, 1837...

 (D). John E. McCall

John E. McCall

John Ethridge McCall was an American politician of Irish descent and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 8th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born in Clarksburg, Tennessee in Carroll County on August 14, 1859. He attended public and private schools and...

 (R). James C. McDearmon

James C. McDearmon

James Calvin McDearmon was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 9th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on June 13, 1844, in New Canton, Virginia in Buckingham County. He moved with his parents to Gibson County, Tennessee in 1846. He...

 (D). Josiah Patterson

Josiah Patterson

Josiah Patterson was an American soldier, political figure, and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 10th District of Tennessee.-Biography:...

 (D)

Texas 

. Joseph C. Hutcheson (D). Samuel B. Cooper

Samuel B. Cooper

Samuel Bronson Cooper was a U.S. Representative from Texas.*Born near Eddyville, Kentucky, Cooper moved with his parents to Texas the same year and located in Woodville, Texas.*He attended the common schools.*He studied law....

 (D). Charles H. Yoakum (D). David B. Culberson

David B. Culberson

David Browning Culberson was a Confederate soldier, a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.-Early years:...

 (D). Joseph W. Bailey

Joseph Weldon Bailey

Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr. was a United States Senator, United States Representative, lawyer, and a Populist political figure. He served as a Congressional Representative between 1891 and 1901, and as the House minority leader from 1897 until 1899...

 (D). Joseph Abbott

Joseph Abbott (Texas politician)

Joseph "Jo" Abbott was a member of the Confederate States Army and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas.-Biography:...

 (D). George C. Pendleton

George C. Pendleton

George Cassety Pendleton was a Democratic politician who served as Texas State Representative and Speaker, Lieutenant Governor of Texas, and U.S. Representative from the 7th District of Texas....

 (D). Charles K. Bell

Charles K. Bell

Charles Keith Bell was an American politician who represented Texas in the United States House of Representatives from 1893-1897. He was the nephew of Reese Bowen Brabson....

 (D). Joseph D. Sayers

Joseph D. Sayers

Joseph Draper Sayers was the 22nd Governor of Texas from 1899 to 1903. During Sayers's term, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 demolished that city.- Early years :...

 (D). Miles Crowley

Miles Crowley

Miles Crowley was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Crowley attended the common schools.He was employed as a longshoreman.He moved to Galveston in the 1870s....

 (D). William H. Crain

William H. Crain

William Henry Crain was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Galveston, Texas, Crain attended the Christian Brothers' School, New York City, until the age of fourteen, and was graduated from St. Francis Xavier's College, New York City, in 1867. He returned to Texas and lived on a ranch for...

 (D), until February 10, 1896

• • Rudolph Kleberg
    Rudolph Kleberg
    Rudolph Kleberg was a U.S. Representative from Texas, great uncle of Robert Christian Eckhardt and uncle of Richard Mifflin Kleberg, Sr.Born in Cat Spring, Texas, Kleberg was instructed by private tutors....
    
     (D), from April 7, 1896. George H. Noonan
    George H. Noonan
    George Henry Noonan was a U.S. Representative from Texas. He was the first Republican congressman from Texas not elected during Reconstruction....
    
     (R). Jeremiah V. Cockrell
    Jeremiah V. Cockrell
    Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell, also known as "Vard" Cockrell, was a U.S. Representative from Texas, after having served as a field commander in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...
    
     (D)

Utah 

. Clarence E. Allen

Clarence Emir Allen

Clarence Emir Allen was a U.S. Representative from Utah.Born in Girard Township Pennsylvania, Allen attended the district school and Girard Academy....

 (R), from January 4, 1896

Vermont 

. H. Henry Powers

H. Henry Powers

Horace Henry Powers was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Born in Morristown, Vermont, Powers attended Peoples Academy.He was graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1855.He studied law....

 (R). William W. Grout

William W. Grout

William Wallace Grout was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.-Biography:Born in Compton, Province of Quebec, Grout pursued an academic course and graduated from the Poughkeepsie Law School in 1857....

 (R)

Virginia 

. William A. Jones

William Atkinson Jones

William Atkinson Jones was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1891 to 1918.Jones was born in Warsaw, Virginia, and graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia in 1870...

 (D). D. Gardiner Tyler

David Gardiner Tyler

David Gardiner Tyler , was a U.S. Democratic Party politician.-Early life:He was born in East Hampton, New York and was the first child born to former President John Tyler and his second wife, Julia Gardiner Tyler. He was named after his late maternal grandfather, David Gardiner. As a child, he...

 (D). Tazewell Ellett

Tazewell Ellett

Tazewell Ellett was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Richmond, Virginia, Ellett attended private schools in Richmond.He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in 1876....

 (D). William R. McKenney (D), until May 2, 1896

• • Robert T. Thorp (R), from May 2, 1896. Claude A. Swanson
    Claude A. Swanson
    Claude Augustus Swanson was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Virginia.He served seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1893 until 1906, was the 45th Governor of Virginia from 1906 until 1910, and represented Virginia as a United States Senator from 1910 until...
    
     (D). Peter J. Otey
    Peter J. Otey
    Peter Johnston Otey was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Otey attended private schools in Lynchburg, and graduated from the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in 1859...
    
     (D). Smith S. Turner
    Smith S. Turner
    Smith Spangler Turner was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Turner was born in Warren County, Virginia. He was a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, when the Civil War commenced, and was subsequently given an honorary diploma...
    
     (D). Elisha E. Meredith
    Elisha E. Meredith
    Elisha Edward Meredith was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Sumter County, Alabama, Meredith attended Hampden–Sydney College, Virginia.He studied law....
    
     (D). James A. Walker
    James A. Walker
    James Alexander Walker was a Virginia lawyer, politician, and Confederate general during the American Civil War, later serving as a United States Congressman for two terms...
    
     (R). Henry St. George Tucker III
    Henry St. George Tucker III
    Henry St. George Tucker, III was a representative from the Commonwealth of Virginia to the United States House of Representatives, professor of law, and president of the American Bar Association. He was born to Laura and John Randolph Tucker in Winchester, Virginia, and received a B.L...
    
     (D)

Washington 

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. William H. Doolittle

William H. Doolittle

William Hall Doolittle was a U.S. Representative from Washington.Born near North East in Erie County, Pennsylvania, Doolittle moved with his parents to Portage County, Wisconsin, in 1859.He attended the district school....

 (R). Samuel C. Hyde

Samuel C. Hyde

Samuel Clarence Hyde was a representative from Washington.Hyde was born in Fort Ticonderoga, New York in 1842. He studied law at the University of Iowa College of Law at Iowa City. He moved to the Washington Territory in 1877...

 (R)

West Virginia 

. Blackburn B. Dovener

Blackburn B. Dovener

Blackburn Barrett Dovener was a Republican politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative. Dovener was born in Tays Valley, West Virginia, in Cabell County. on April 20, 1842. He served as a member of the 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th and 59th United States Congresses...

 (R). Alston G. Dayton

Alston G. Dayton

Alston Gordon Dayton was a Republican politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative, and later as a United States federal judge....

 (R). James H. Huling (R). Warren Miller (R)

Wisconsin 

. Henry Allen Cooper (R). Edward Sauerhering

Edward Sauerhering

Edward Sauerhering was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Mayville, Wisconsin, Sauerhering attended the public schools.He was graduated from the Chicago College of Pharmacy in 1885....

 (R). Joseph W. Babcock

Joseph W. Babcock

Joseph Weeks Babcock was a seven-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin....

 (R). Theobald Otjen

Theobald Otjen

Theobald Otjen was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Theobald was born to German immigrants John Conrad and Dorothea Otjen, in west China township in St. Clair County, Michigan and attended the Marine City Academy and a private school in Detroit.He was employed as foreman in the rolling mill...

 (R). Samuel S. Barney

Samuel S. Barney

Samuel Stebbins Barney was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Hartford, Wisconsin, Barney attended the public schools and Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois...

 (R). Samuel A. Cook

Samuel A. Cook

Samuel Andrew Cook was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Ontario, Canada, Cook moved with his parents to Calumet County, Wisconsin, in 1856.He attended the common schools in Fond du Lac and Calumet Counties....

 (R). Michael Griffin

Michael Griffin (politician)

Michael Griffin was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in County Clare, Ireland, Griffin immigrated with his parents to Canada in 1847 and to Ohio in 1851....

 (R). Edward S. Minor

Edward S. Minor

Edward Sloman Minor was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born at Point Peninsula, New York, Minor moved to Wisconsin in 1845 with his parents, who settled in Greenfield, Milwaukee County, and subsequently in the city of Milwaukee.He attended the common schools.He went with his parents to a...

 (R). Alexander Stewart

Alexander Stewart (Congress)

Alexander Stewart was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Wisconsin from 1895 to 1901. He was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and moved to Wausau, Wisconsin, where he became involved in the lumber industry. Stewart died in Washington, D.C. and was buried in the...

 (R). John J. Jenkins

John J. Jenkins

John James Jenkins was a Republican U.S. Representative from Wisconsin from 1895 to 1909.Born in Weymouth, England, Jenkins emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1852, where they settled in Baraboo, Wisconsin. During the American Civil War, Jenkins served as a private with the 6th...

 (R)

Wyoming 

. Franklin W. Mondell

Franklin Wheeler Mondell

Frank Wheeler Mondell was a representative of Wyoming born in St. Louis, Missouri, and educated in the public schools. For many years he was engaged in farming, stock-raising, and railroad construction. He lived in Wyoming from 1887 onward, and served in Congress from 1895 to 1897 and then from...

 (R)

Non-voting members

. Nathan O. Murphy (R). Thomas B. Catron

Thomas B. Catron

Thomas Benton Catron was an American politician and lawyer who was influential in the establishment of the U.S. state of New Mexico. He later represented the state in the United States Senate.-Early life:...

 (R). Dennis T. Flynn

Dennis Thomas Flynn

Dennis Thomas Flynn was a Delegate from Oklahoma Territory to the United States House of Representatives.Flynn was born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania on February 13, 1861. He moved with his mother to Buffalo, New York, in 1863. There, he became an orphan at the age of three when his mother died...

 (R). 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 Arthur Brown (Utah) Arthur Brown was a United States Senator from Utah.Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, he attended the common schools and graduated from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1862. He pursued graduate work at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and graduated from the law department of the...  (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 Richard R. Kenney Richard Rolland Kenney was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who was a U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:... (D)	January 19, 1897

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
	Vacant	Andrew J. Campbell Andrew J. Campbell -Life:Born in Newark, New Jersey, Campbell worked in government as a deputy tax commissioner, clerk of a judicial court and in public works. He was also a merchant in New York City. In 1856, he was elected to the New York City Council and in 1875 was elected to the New York Assembly serving one...  (R) was elected, but died before this Congress	Amos J. Cummings Amos J. Cummings Amos Jay Cummings was a United States Representative from New York and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.-Biography:...  (D)	November 5, 1895
	Vacant	Myron Benjamin Wright Myron Benjamin Wright Myron Benjamin Wright was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Myron B. Wright was born at Forest Lake, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and pursued an academic course...  (R) was re-elected, but died before this Congress	James H. Codding (R)	November 5, 1895
	Vacant	Philip S. Post Philip S. Post Philip Sidney Post was an American diplomat, politician, and decorated Army officer. He served as a United States Representative from Illinois for eight years, from 1887 to 1895. During the American Civil War, he was a Union Army general and earned the Medal of Honor.-Biography:Born in Florida,...  (R) was re-elected, but died before this Congress	George W. Prince George W. Prince George Washington Prince was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Tazewell County, Illinois, Prince attended the public schools.He was graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, in 1878.He studied law....  (R)	December 2, 1895
	Vacant	Julius C. Burrows Julius C. Burrows Julius Caesar Burrows was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Early life and education:...  (R) was re-elected, but resigned in the previous Congress to serve in the Senate	Alfred Milnes Alfred Milnes Alfred Milnes was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life:Milnes was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. His parents, Henry and Mary Ann Milnes joined the LDS Church and left England with their family in 1854. After a sixty day voyage from Liverpool, they arrived in New...  (R)	December 2, 1895
	New seat	State was admitted to the Union	Clarence E. Allen (R)	January 4, 1896
	James C. C. Black James C. C. Black James Conquest Cross Black was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Kentucky and Georgia.-Biography:...  (D)	Resigned March 4, 1895, and was later elected to fill his own vacancy	James C. C. Black James C. C. Black James Conquest Cross Black was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Kentucky and Georgia.-Biography:...  (D)	October 2, 1895
	William Cogswell William Cogswell William Cogswell was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was awarded the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers.-Biography:...  (R)	Died May 22, 1895	William H. Moody (R)	November 5, 1895
	Frederick Remann Frederick Remann Frederick Remann was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Vandalia, Illinois, Remann attended the common schools of Vandalia and the Mifflin Academy....  (R)	Died July 14, 1895	William F. L. Hadley William F. L. Hadley William Flavius Lester Hadley was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Collinsville, Illinois, Hadley attended the common schools....  (R)	December 2, 1895
	Lawrence E. McGann Lawrence E. McGann Lawrence Edward McGann , born in Galway, Ireland, was a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1891 to 1897. He was a Chicago Democrat.-References:* From Dooghcloon to Chicago: The Life and Career of Congressman Lawrence E...  (D)	Election was successfully challenged on December 27, 1895	Hugh R. Belknap Hugh R. Belknap Hugh Reid Belknap was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Keokuk, Iowa, Belknap attended the public schools, Adams Academy, Quincy, Massachusetts, and Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. At the age of eighteen he entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co...  (R)	December 27, 1895
	Frank J. Cannon (R)	Resigned January 4, 1896	Statehood achieved
	William H. Crain William H. Crain William Henry Crain was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Galveston, Texas, Crain attended the Christian Brothers' School, New York City, until the age of fourteen, and was graduated from St. Francis Xavier's College, New York City, in 1867. He returned to Texas and lived on a ranch for...  (D)	Died February 10, 1896	Rudolph Kleberg Rudolph Kleberg Rudolph Kleberg was a U.S. Representative from Texas, great uncle of Robert Christian Eckhardt and uncle of Richard Mifflin Kleberg, Sr.Born in Cat Spring, Texas, Kleberg was instructed by private tutors....  (D)	April 7, 1896
	John C. Tarsney (D)	Election was successfully challenged on February 27, 1896	Robert T. Van Horn Robert T. Van Horn Robert Thompson Van Horn was a lawyer, the owner and publisher of the The Kansas City Enterprise, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri during the parts of the Civil War, member of the Missouri General Assembly, and representative to the Forty-seventh Congress of the United States.Born in East Mahoning...  (R)	February 27, 1896
	Gaston A. Robbins Gaston A. Robbins Gaston Ahi Robbins was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, Robbins moved to Randolph County, North Carolina....  (D)	Election was successfully challenged on March 13, 1896	William F. Aldrich William F. Aldrich William Farrington Aldrich was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, brother of Truman Heminway Aldrich and great-great-grandfather of William J...  (R)	March 13, 1896
	William R. McKenney (D)	Election was successfully challenged on May 2, 1896	Robert T. Thorp (R)	May 2, 1896
	Charles J. Boatner Charles J. Boatner Charles Jahleal Boatner was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, Boatner completed preparatory studies.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1870 and practiced....  (D)	Election was challenged and declared vacant March 20, 1896. He was subsequently elected	Charles J. Boatner Charles J. Boatner Charles Jahleal Boatner was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in Columbia, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, Boatner completed preparatory studies.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1870 and practiced....  (D)	June 10, 1896
	James E. Cobb James E. Cobb James Edward Cobb was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Thomaston, Georgia, Cobb attended the public schools, and was graduated from Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, in June 1856.He studied law....  (D)	Election was successfully challenged on April 21, 1896	Albert T. Goodwyn (P)	April 22, 1896
	J. William Stokes J. William Stokes James William Stokes was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near Orangeburg, South Carolina, Stokes attended the common schools and was graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in 1876. He taught school for 12 years.He was graduated in medicine from Vanderbilt...  (D)	Seat declared vacant June 1, 1896, but he won re-election	J. William Stokes J. William Stokes James William Stokes was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near Orangeburg, South Carolina, Stokes attended the common schools and was graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in 1876. He taught school for 12 years.He was graduated in medicine from Vanderbilt...  (D)	November 3, 1896
	James J. Walsh James J. Walsh (New York) James Joseph Walsh was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Walsh attended the public schools and St...  (D)	Election was successfully challenged on June 2, 1896	John M. Mitchell John M. Mitchell John Murry Mitchell was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Mitchell attended Leggett's School at New York City.He was graduated from Columbia College, New York City, where he was a member of St...  (R)	June 2, 1896
	William Elliott William Elliott (politician) William Elliott was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, Elliott attended Beaufort College and Harvard University....  (D)	Election was successfully challenged on June 4, 1896	George W. Murray George W. Murray George Washington Murray was born a slave and served as a Congressman from South Carolina.He was born a slave near Rembert, Sumter County, South Carolina on September 22, 1853. Murray attended the public schools and the University of South Carolina at Columbia for two years...  (R)	June 4, 1896
	Finis E. Downing Finis E. Downing Finis Ewing Downing was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Virginia, Illinois, Downing attended public and private schools....  (D)	Election was successfully challenged on June 5, 1896	John I. Rinaker John I. Rinaker John Irving Rinaker was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War....  (R)	June 5, 1896
	James A. Lockhart James A. Lockhart James Alexander Lockhart was a United States Representative from North Carolina. He was born in Anson County, North Carolina, on June 2, 1850, and attended the common schools...  (D)	Election was successfully challenged on June 5, 1896	Charles H. Martin (P)	June 5, 1896
	Oscar W. Underwood (D)	Election was successfully challenged on June 9, 1896	Truman H. Aldrich Truman H. Aldrich Truman Heminway Aldrich was a civil engineer, a mining company executive, and a paleontologist, and briefly served in the United States House of Representatives and as Postmaster of Birmingham.-Early life and education:Aldrich was born in Palmyra and suffered from poor health as a young boy...  (R)	June 9, 1896
	Charles F. Crisp Charles Frederick Crisp Charles Frederick Crisp was a United States political figure. A Democrat, he was elected as a Congressman from Georgia in 1882, and served until his death in 1896. From 1890 until his death, he was leader of the Democratic Party in the House, as either the House Minority Leader or the Speaker of...  (D)	Died October 23, 1896	Charles R. Crisp Charles R. Crisp Charles Robert Crisp was a U.S. Representative from Georgia, son of Charles Frederick Crisp.Born in Ellaville, Georgia, Crisp attended the public schools of Americus, Georgia....  (D)	December 19, 1896
	Frank S. Black Frank S. Black Frank Swett Black was an American newspaper editor, lawyer and politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897, and the 32nd Governor of New York from 1897 to 1898.-Life:He was one of eleven children of Jacob Black, a farmer, and Charlotte B. Black...  (R)	Resigned January 7, 1897	Vacant until next Congress
	Joseph M. Kendall Joseph M. Kendall Joseph Morgan Kendall was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, son of John Wilkerson Kendall.Born in West Liberty, Kentucky, Kendall received his early education from private tutors and in the public schools....  (D)	Election was successfully challenged on February 18, 1897	Nathan T. Hopkins Nathan T. Hopkins Nathan Thomas Hopkins was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Ashe County, North Carolina, Hopkins moved to Pike County, Kentucky.He attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....  (R)	February 18, 1897

Senate

• Chaplain
  Chaplain of the United States Senate
  The Chaplain of the United States Senate opens each session of the United States Senate with a prayer, and provides and coordinates religious programs and pastoral care support for Senators, their staffs, and their families. The Chaplain is appointed by a majority vote of the members of the Senate...
  
  : William H. Millburn (Methodist
  Methodism
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• Secretary
  Secretary of the United States Senate
  The Secretary of the Senate is an elected officer of the United States Senate. The Secretary supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body...
  
  : William R. Cox
  William R. Cox
  William Ruffin Cox was an American soldier and politician from the state of North Carolina. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1887, and Secretary of the United States...
  
  
• Sergeant at Arms
  Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate
  The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is the law enforcer for the United States Senate. One of the chief roles of the Sergeant is to hold the gavel used at every session...
  
  : Richard J. Bright

House of Representatives

• Chaplain
  Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives
  The election of William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each day's proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. The early Chaplains alternated duties with their Senate counterparts on a weekly basis, covering the...
  
  : Henry N. Couden
  Henry N. Couden
  Henry N. Couden is a Universalist minister who was the 54th Chaplain of the United States Senate from December 2, 1895 to April 11, 1921. He was the only blind religious leader to serve in this position....
  
   (Universalist
  Universalist Church of America
  The Universalist Church of America was a Christian Universalist religious denomination in the United States . Known from 1866 as the Universalist General Convention, the name was changed to the Universalist Church of America in 1942...
  
  )
• Clerk
  Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
  The Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House....
  
  : Alexander McDowell
  Alexander McDowell
  Alexander McDowell was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
  
  
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table
  Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives
  The Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives manages, supervises, and administers its Office of the Parliamentarian, which is responsible for advising presiding officers, Members, and staff on procedural questions under the U.S...
  
  : Asher C. Hinds
  Asher C. Hinds
  Asher Crosby Hinds was a United States Representative from Maine. He attended the public schools and Coburn Classical Institute....
  
  
• Doorkeeper
  Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives
  An appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 to 1995, the Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was chosen by a resolution at the opening of each United States Congress. The Office of the Doorkeeper was based on precedent from the Continental...
  
  : William J. Glenn
• Postmaster
  Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives
  The Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives was an employee of the United States Congress from 1834 to 1993.Before the creation of the office of Postmaster, mail duties were handled by workers in the office of the Doorkeeper, who were paid additional compensation...
  
  : Joseph McElroy
  Joseph McElroy
  Joseph McElroy is an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist.McElroy grew up in Brooklyn Heights, NY, a neighborhood that features prominently in much of his fiction. He received his B.A. from Williams College in 1951 and his M.A. from Columbia University in 1952...
  
  
• Sergeant at Arms
  Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
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  : Benjamin F. Russell

External links

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