House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• President: Garret Hobart
  Garret Hobart
  Garret Augustus Hobart was the 24th Vice President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897 until his death. He was the sixth American vice president to die in office....
  
   (R), until November 21, 1899 (died), vacant thereafter.
• 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)
• 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...
  
  : 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)
• Republican Conference Chairman: 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)

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...
  
  : 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)
• 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:*...
  
  : James Hay (D)
• Republican Conference Chairman: 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)

Members

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

Senate

At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers

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 with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1904; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1902.

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. Edmund W. Pettus
  Edmund Pettus
  Edmund Winston Pettus , was an American lawyer, soldier, and legislator. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, during which he was captured three times, as well as a U.S...
  
   (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 

• 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)
• 1. Thomas R. Bard
  Thomas R. Bard
  Thomas Robert Bard was a political leader in California who assisted in the organization of Ventura County and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1900 to 1905 as a Republican. He is known as the "Father of Port Hueneme" for his efforts in building and expanding the city, as...
  
   (R), from February 7, 1900 (elected)

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...
  
   (SR)
• 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 

• 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)
• 1. vacant

Florida 

• 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), until April 18, 1899 (appointment expired)
  • James Taliaferro
    James Taliaferro
    James Piper Taliaferro was a US Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat from 1899 to 1911.-Biography:...
    
     (D), from April 19, 1899 (elected)
• 3. Stephen R. Mallory
  Stephen Mallory II
  Stephen Russell Mallory, Jr. was a U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative from Florida who served as a Democrat. He was the son of U.S...
  
   (D)

Georgia 

• 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)
• 3. Alexander S. Clay
  Alexander S. Clay
  Alexander Stephens Clay was a United States Senator from Georgia.Clay was born in Powder Springs, Georgia, and graduated from Hiwassee College in Tennessee in 1875. He was admitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced practice in Marietta, Georgia...
  
   (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. Henry Heitfeld
  Henry Heitfeld
  Henry Heitfeld was an American politician. A Populist, he served as a United States Senator from Idaho.-Early life:...
  
   (P)

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. William E. Mason
  William E. Mason
  William Ernest Mason was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois.Mason was born in Franklinville, New York. His family moved to Bentonsport, Iowa when he was 8. He attended Birmingham College. After graduating, he taught at Bentonsport Academy, which he had previously attended...
  
   (R)

Indiana 

• 3. Charles W. Fairbanks
  Charles W. Fairbanks
  Charles Warren Fairbanks was a Senator from Indiana and the 26th Vice President of the United States ....
  
   (R)
• 1. Albert J. Beveridge
  Albert J. Beveridge
  Albert Jeremiah Beveridge was an American historian and United States Senator from Indiana.-Early years:Albert J. Beveridge was born October 6, 1862 in Highland County, Ohio and his parents moved to Indiana soon after his birth, and his boyhood was one of hard work...
  
   (R)

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), died July 14, 1900
  • 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), from August 22, 1900 (appointed)

Kansas 

• 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)
• 3. William A. Harris
  William A. Harris (Kansas)
  William Alexander Harris was a United States Representative and Senator from Kansas.-Early life and education:...
  
   (P)

Kentucky 

• 2. William Lindsay (D)
• 3. William J. Deboe
  William Joseph Deboe
  William Joseph Deboe was a U.S. Senator representing Kentucky from 1897 to 1903.Born in Crittenden County, Kentucky, Deboe attended Ewing College in Illinois, studying both law and medicine. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Louisville and practiced for a few years...
  
   (R)

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. Samuel D. McEnery
  Samuel D. McEnery
  Samuel Douglas McEnery served as the 30th Governor of Louisiana from 1881 until 1888, and as a United States Senator from 1897 until 1910....
  
   (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 

• 3. 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)
• 1. Louis E. McComas
  Louis E. McComas
  Louis Emory McComas , a Republican, was a member of the U.S. Congress from the sixth district of Maryland from 1883 to 1891, and a member of the United States Senate from 1899 to 1905, each time representing the State of Maryland. His granddaughter, Katharine Byron, and great-grandson, Goodloe...
  
   (R)

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), until November 7, 1900 (died)
  • 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...
    
     (D), December 5, 1900 – January 23, 1901 (appointed)
  • Moses E. Clapp
    Moses E. Clapp
    Moses Edwin Clapp was an American lawyer and politician.He served as the Minnesota Attorney General from 1887 until 1893. In 1900, he entered the special election for Minnesota's seat in the United States Senate that was made vacant by the death of Cushman Davis. He won that election, and was...
    
     (R), from January 23, 1901 (elected)
• 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. Hernando D. 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)
• 2. William V. Sullivan
  William V. Sullivan
  William Van Amberg Sullivan was a United States Representative and Senator from Mississippi.-Biography:Born near Winona, Mississippi, he attended the common schools in Panola County and the University of Mississippi at Oxford, where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall...
  
   (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 

• 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)
• 1. William A. Clark
  William Andrews Clark
  William Andrews Clark, Sr. was an American politician and entrepreneur, involved with mining, banking, and railroads.-Biography:...
  
   (D), until May 15, 1900 (resigned), vacant thereafter

Nebraska 

• 2. John M. Thurston (R)
• 1. Monroe L. Hayward
  Monroe Hayward
  Monroe Leland Hayward was a Senator from Nebraska.-Biography:Hayward was born in Willsboro, New York. He served during the Civil War in the Twenty-second Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, and in the Fifth Regiment, New York Volunteer Cavalry. He graduated from Fort Edward Collegiate...
  
   (R), March 8, 1899 (elected) – December 5, 1899 (died before qualifying)
  • 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), from December 13, 1899 (appointed)

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 

• 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)
• 1. John Kean
  John Kean (New Jersey)
  John Kean was an American lawyer, banker and Republican Party politician from Elizabeth, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the U.S. Senate from 1899 to 1911 and served two separate terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1883 to 1885, and from 1887 to 1889...
  
   (R)

New York 

• 3. Thomas C. Platt
  Thomas C. Platt
  Thomas Collier Platt was a two-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a three-term U.S. Senator from New York in the years 1881 and 1897-1909 — is best known as the "political boss" of the Republican Party in New York State in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century...
  
   (R)
• 1. Chauncey M. Depew
  Chauncey Depew
  Chauncey Mitchell Depew was an attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad interests, president of the New York Central Railroad System, and a United States Senator from New York from 1899 to 1911.- Biography:...
  
   (R)

North Carolina 

• 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)
• 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)

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. Porter J. McCumber
  Porter J. McCumber
  Porter James McCumber was a United States Senator from North Dakota. Born in Crete, Illinois, he moved with his parents to Rochester, Minnesota the same year. He attended the common schools and taught school for a few years, and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at...
  
   (R)

Ohio 

• 3. Joseph B. Foraker
  Joseph B. Foraker
  Joseph Benson Foraker was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 37th Governor of Ohio from 1886 to 1890.-Early life:...
  
   (R)
• 1. Marcus A. Hanna
  Mark Hanna
  Marcus Alonzo "Mark" Hanna was a United States Senator from Ohio and the friend and political manager of President William McKinley...
  
   (R)

Oregon 

• 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)
• 3. Joseph Simon
  Joseph Simon
  Joseph Simon was a German-born politician and attorney in the U.S. state of Oregon. He was born in Bechtheim, Germany, and his family immigrated to the United States when he was one year old, settling in Portland, Oregon. A Republican, Simon served on the city council before election to the Oregon...
  
   (R)

Pennsylvania 

• 3. Boies Penrose
  Boies Penrose
  Boies Penrose was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1897 until his death in 1921.-Biography:...
  
   (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), from January 16, 1901 (elected)

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 

• 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)
• 3. 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)

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 

• 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)
• 2. Thomas B. Turley
  Thomas B. Turley
  Thomas Battle Turley was a Tennessee attorney who served as a Democratic United States Senator from 1897 to 1901.-Biography:...
  
   (D)

Texas 

• 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)
• 1. Charles A. Culberson
  Charles Allen Culberson
  Charles Allen Culberson was an American political figure and Democrat who served as the 21st Governor of Texas from 18951899, and as a United States Senator from Texas from 18991923....
  
   (D)

Utah 

• 3. Joseph L. Rawlins
  Joseph Lafayette Rawlins
  Joseph Lafayette Rawlins was a delegate from the Territory of Utah and a Senator from Utah.Rawlins was born at Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah on March 28, 1850....
  
   (D)
• 1. Thomas Kearns
  Thomas Kearns
  Thomas Kearns was a mining, banking, railroad and newspaper magnate. He was elected United States Senator from Utah from 1901 to 1905.- Immigration and mining :...
  
   (R), from January 23, 1901 (elected)

Vermont 

• 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)
• 3. Jonathan Ross
  Jonathan Ross (senator)
  Jonathan Ross was a United States Senator from Vermont.Born in Waterford, Vermont, he attended the public schools and St. Johnsbury Academy; he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1851 and was principal of the Chelsea and Craftsbury Academies from 1851 to 1856. He studied law, was admitted to the...
  
   (R), until October 18, 1900 (appointment expired)
  • William P. Dillingham
    William P. Dillingham
    William Paul Dillingham was an American Republican politician from the state of Vermont.-Early life:The son of Vermont Governor Paul Dillingham, William P. Dillingham was born on December 12, 1843, in Waterbury, Vermont, where he later attended the public schools...
    
     (R), from October 18, 1900 (elected)

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. George Turner
  George Turner (U.S. politician)
  George Turner was a United States Senator from Washington.Born in Edina, Missouri, he attended the common schools and served as a military telegraph operator with the Union Army from 1861 to 1865. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1869, commencing practice in Mobile, Alabama...
  
   (SR)
• 1. Addison G. Foster
  Addison G. Foster
  Addison Gardner Foster was a United States Senator from Washington.He attended the common schools and moved to Wabasha County, Minnesota where he engaged in the grain and real estate business. He was auditor and surveyor of Wabasha County; he then moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1873 where he...
  
   (R)

West Virginia 

• 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)
• 1. Nathan B. Scott
  Nathan B. Scott
  Nathan Bay Scott was a United States Senator from West Virginia.-Biography:Born near Quaker City, Ohio, he attended the common schools and engaged in mining near Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1859 to 1862...
  
   (R)

Wisconsin 

• 3. John C. Spooner
  John Coit Spooner
  John Coit Spooner was a Republican politician and lawyer from Wisconsin. He served in the United States Senate from 1885 to 1891 and from 1897 to 1907.-Biography:...
  
   (R)
• 1. Joseph V. Quarles
  Joseph V. Quarles
  Joseph Very Quarles, Jr. was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as a United States federal judge and as a United States Senator from Wisconsin.-Biography:...
  
   (R)

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

Alabama 

. George W. Taylor

George W. Taylor

George Washington Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born on "Roselawn" plantation near Montgomery, Alabama, Taylor attended private schools....

 (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). Henry D. Clayton (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 8, 1900 (lost election contest)

• • 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 8, 1900 (won election contest). Willis Brewer
    Willis Brewer
    Willis Brewer was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born near Livingston, Alabama, Brewer attended the common schools.He entered the Confederate States Army at the age of eighteen years.Journalist, author, and planter....
    
     (D). 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). John L. Burnett
    John L. Burnett
    John Lawson Burnett was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, Burnett attended the common schools of the county, Wesleyan Institute, Cave Spring, Georgia, and the local high school at Gaylesville, Alabama.He studied law and was graduated from Vanderbilt University,...
    
     (D). 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), until April 20, 1900 (resigned)
  • . William N. Richardson
    William N. Richardson
    William Richardson was an American politician and lawyer. Born in Athens, Limestone County, Alabama to William Richardson and Anne Davis, Richardson served in the Civil War, fighting for the Confederacy.-Civil War:...
    
     (D), from December 3, 1900. 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)

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). Stephen Brundidge, Jr.

Stephen Brundidge, Jr.

Stephen Brundidge, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born in Searcy, Arkansas, Brundidge was educated by private tutors and in the public schools in his native city.He studied law....

 (D)

California 

. John All 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). Marion De Vries

Marion De Vries

Marion De Vries was a United States Representative from California. He was born on a ranch near Woodbridge, San Joaquin County, California. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the San Joaquin Valley College, Woodbridge, California in 1886 and from the law department of the...

 (D), until August 20, 1900 (resigned)

• • Samuel D. Woods
    Samuel D. Woods
    Samuel Davis Woods was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, Woods moved with his parents to Stockton, California, in February 1850.He attended the public schools.He studied law....
    
     (R), from December 3, 1900. Victor H. Metcalf
    Victor H. Metcalf
    Victor Howard Metcalf was an American politician; he served in President Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet an Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and then as Secretary of the Navy.-Biography:...
    
     (R). Julius Kahn
    Julius Kahn
    Julius Kahn was a United States Congressman who was succeeded by his wife Florence Prag Kahn after his death. Kahn was born in Kuppenheim, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, in what would become Germany....
    
     (R). 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). Russell J. Waters
    Russell J. Waters
    Russell Judson Waters was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Halifax, Vermont, Waters moved with his parents to Franklin County, Massachusetts, in 1846.He attended the district schools....
    
     (R). James C. Needham
    James C. Needham
    James Carson Needham was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in a covered wagon at Carson City, Nevada, James Needham arrived as a babe in arms with his parents at Mayfield, Santa Clara, California, October 1, 1864....
    
     (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...

 (SR). John Calhoun 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 

. John H. Hoffecker

John H. Hoffecker

John Henry Hoffecker was an American engineer, and politician, from Smyrna, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as U. S. Representative from Delaware.-Early life and family:...

 (R), until June 16, 1900 (died)

• • Walter O. Hoffecker
    Walter O. Hoffecker
    Walter Oakley Hoffecker was an American engineer, businessman and politician, from Smyrna, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as U. S. Representative from Delaware....
    
     (R), from December 3, 1900

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). Robert W. Davis

Robert Wyche Davis

Robert Wyche Davis was a United States Representative from Florida.Born near Albany, Georgia, Davis attended public schools. He enlisted in 1863 in the Fifth Georgia Regiment of the Confederate States Army at the age of 14...

 (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). James M. Griggs

James M. Griggs

James Mathews Griggs was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born in Lagrange, Georgia, Griggs attended the common schools and was graduated from the Peabody Normal College, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1881....

 (D). Elijah B. Lewis

Elijah B. Lewis

Elijah Banks Lewis was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born in Coney, Crisp County, Georgia, Lewis attended the common schools of Dooly and Macon Counties, Spalding Seminary, Spalding, Georgia, and a business school in Macon, Georgia.He moved to Montezuma, Georgia, in 1871 and engaged in...

 (D). William C. Adamson

William C. Adamson

William Charles Adamson was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born in Bowdon, Georgia, Adamson attended the common schools.He was graduated from Bowdon College in 1874.He studied law....

 (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). William M. Howard

William Marcellus Howard

William Marcellus Howard was a noted jurist and politician from the American state of Georgia.Howard was born in Berwick, Louisiana and moved to Georgia with his family while in his youth...

 (D). Farish C. Tate (D). William H. Fleming

William Henry Fleming

William Henry Fleming was an American politician and lawyer from the U.S. state of Georgia.Fleming was born in Augusta, Georgia. He attended Summerville Academy and Academy of Richmond County and the University of Georgia in Athens where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society...

 (D). William G. Brantley

William Gordon Brantley

William Gordon Brantley was an American politician and lawyer.Brantley was born in Blackshear, Georgia...

 (D)

Illinois 

. James R. Mann (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). George P. Foster

George Peter Foster

George Peter Foster was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Dover, New Jersey, Foster moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1867. He attended the public schools and the University of Chicago. He was graduated from Union College of Law at Chicago in 1882. He was admitted to the bar the same year...

 (D). Thomas Cusack

Thomas Cusack

Thomas Cusack of Chicago was born in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland, October 5, 1858, and died in Oak Park, Illinois on November 19, 1926. He was a pioneer and entrepreneur in the outdoor advertising industry and a politician, serving as a Democratic U.S...

 (D). Edward T. Noonan

Edward Thomas Noonan

Edward Thomas Noonan was a Representative from Illinois; studied law in Chicago and was admitted to the bar in 1882; after admission to the bar was graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1883 and commenced practice; member of the State senate 1890-1894; colonel on the staff of...

 (D). Henry S. Boutell (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). 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). William E. Williams

William E. Williams

William Elza Williams was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Detroit, Illinois, Williams attended the public schools and Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois.He studied law....

 (D). Ben F. Caldwell

Ben F. Caldwell

Ben Franklin Caldwell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Carrollton, Illinois, Caldwell moved to Illinois in April 1853 with his parents, who settled near Chatham, Illinois. He attended the public schools, and thereafter engaged in agricultural pursuits...

 (D). Thomas M. Jett

Thomas M. Jett

Thomas Marion Jett was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Greenville, Illinois, Jett attended the common schools and the Northern Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso, Indiana, for two years....

 (D). Joseph B. Crowley

Joseph B. Crowley

Joseph Burns Crowley was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Coshocton, Ohio, Crowley moved with his parents to a farm near St. Marie, Jasper County, Illinois, in 1860, and to Robinson, Illinois, in 1872. He attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits 1876-1880...

 (D). James R. Williams

James R. Williams

James Robert Williams was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Carmi, Illinois, Williams attended the common schools....

 (D). William A. Rodenberg

William A. Rodenberg

William August Rodenberg was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Chester, Illinois, Rodenberg attended the public schools.He graduated from Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton, Missouri, in 1884....

 (R). George W. 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). Robert W. Miers

Robert W. Miers

Robert Walter Miers was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Greensburg, Indiana, Miers attended the common schools. He was graduated from the academic department of Indiana University at Bloomington in 1870 and from its law department in 1871. He was admitted to the bar in April 1872...

 (D). William T. Zenor

William T. Zenor

William Taylor Zenor was a United States Representative from Indiana.He was born near Corydon, Indiana and attended the common schools and the James G. May Seminary. He also studied law in New Albany, Indiana and was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Corydon...

 (D). Francis M. Griffith

Francis M. Griffith

Francis Marion Griffith was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Moorefield, Indiana, Griffith attended the country schools of the county, the high school in Vevay, Indiana, and Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana....

 (D). 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). 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). George W. Cromer

George W. Cromer

George Washington Cromer was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Anderson, Indiana, Cromer attended the common schools and Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio. He studied law and graduated from the Indiana University at Bloomington in 1882. He became editor of the Muncie Times in 1883...

 (R). Charles B. Landis

Charles B. Landis

Charles Beary Landis was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, brother of Congressman Frederick Landis and Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis....

 (R). Edgar D. Crumpacker

Edgar D. Crumpacker

Edgar Dean Crumpacker was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, father of Maurice Edgar Crumpacker and cousin of Shepard J...

 (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). James M. Robinson (D). Abraham L. Brick

Abraham L. Brick

Abraham Lincoln Brick was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born on his father's farm, near South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, Brick attended the common schools and was graduated from the South Bend High School...

 (R)

Iowa 

. Thomas Hedge

Thomas Hedge

Thomas Hedge was a four-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district, in southeastern Iowa.Born in Burlington, Iowa Territory, Hedge attended the common schools and Denmark Academy....

 (R). Joseph R. Lane

Joseph R. Lane

Joseph Reed Lane was an attorney and a one-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district at the close of the 19th century....

 (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). Gilbert N. Haugen

Gilbert N. Haugen

Gilbert Nelson Haugen was a seventeen-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district, then located in northeastern Iowa. For nearly five years, he was the longest-serving member of the House...

 (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). Smith McPherson

Smith McPherson

Smith McPherson was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's now-obsolete 9th congressional district for one year, and a federal district court judge for over fourteen years....

 (R), until June 6, 1900 (resigned)

• • Walter I. Smith
    Walter I. Smith
    Walter Inglewood Smith was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district, and a federal appellate judge with U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit....
    
     (R), from December 3, 1900. 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), until August 22, 1900 (resigned)
  • James P. Conner (R), from December 4, 1900. Lot Thomas
    Lot Thomas
    Lot Thomas was a state-court judge who also served three terms as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's now-obsolete 11th congressional district, in northwestern Iowa....
    
     (R)

Kansas 

. 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). Justin De Witt Bowersock

Justin De Witt Bowersock

Justin De Witt Bowersock was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Columbiana, Ohio, Bowersock moved to Iowa City, Iowa, in 1860 and engaged in mercantile pursuits and grain shipping....

 (R). Edwin R. Ridgely

Edwin R. Ridgely

Edwin Reed Ridgely was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Lancaster, Illinois, Ridgely attended district school in the winter months....

 (P). James Monroe Miller

James Monroe Miller

James Monroe Miller was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born at Three Springs, Pennsylvania, Miller attended the district school and was graduated from Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 1875....

 (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 A. Reeder

William A. Reeder

William Augustus Reeder was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Reeder moved with his parents to Ipava, Illinois, in 1853.He attended the public schools....

 (R). 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). Willis Joshua Bailey (R)

Kentucky 

. Charles K. Wheeler

Charles K. Wheeler

Charles Kennedy Wheeler was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life and family:Charles K. Wheeler was born near Hopkinsville in Christian County, Kentucky. He was the youngest of twelve children born to Dr. James and Elizabeth Wheeler...

 (D). Henry Dixon Allen

Henry Dixon Allen

Henry Dixon Allen was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Henderson, Kentucky, Allen moved with his parents to Morganfield, Union County, in 1855.He attended the common schools and Morganfield Collegiate Institute....

 (D). John S. Rhea (D). David Highbaugh Smith

David Highbaugh Smith

David Highbaugh Smith was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Hammonville, Hart County, Kentucky, Smith attended the public schools and the colleges at Horse Cave, Leitchfield, and Hartford, Kentucky....

 (D). Oscar Turner

Oscar Turner (1867)

Oscar Turner was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, son of Oscar Turner .Born in Woodlands, Kentucky, Turner attended the public schools of Washington, D.C., and Louisville Rugby School....

 (D). 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). Evan E. Settle

Evan E. Settle

Evan Evans Settle was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, Settle attended the public schools.He was graduated from Louisville High School in June 1864.He studied law....

 (D), until November 16, 1899 (died)

• • June Ward Gayle
    June Ward Gayle
    June Ward Gayle was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in New Liberty, Kentucky, Gayle attended Concord College, New Liberty, Kentucky, and Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky.Deputy sheriff....
    
     (D), from January 15, 1900. George G. Gilbert
    George G. Gilbert
    George Gilmore Gilbert was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, father of Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert.Born in Taylorsville, Kentucky, Gilbert attended the common schools, Cecilian College in 1868 and 1869, and Lyndland Institute in Kentucky.He taught school.He was graduated from the law department...
    
     (D). Samuel Johnson 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). Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick
    Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick
    Thomas Young Fitzpatrick was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Prestonsburg, Kentucky, Fitzpatrick attended the common schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1877 and practiced....
    
     (D). Vincent Boreing
    Vincent Boreing
    Vincent Boreing was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Biography:Boreing was born near Jonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee in 1839...
    
     (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). Robert C. Davey

Robert C. Davey

Robert Charles Davey was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Davey attended the public schools, and was graduated from St...

 (D). Robert F. Broussard

Robert F. Broussard

Robert Foligny Broussard was both a U.S. representative and a U.S. senator from Louisiana. He was born on the Mary Louise plantation near New Iberia, the seat of Iberia Parish. He attended public and private schools. Broussard attended the Catholic Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., from...

 (D). Phanor Breazeale

Phanor Breazeale

Phanor Breazeale was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, Breazeale attended private schools.He moved to Natchitoches, Louisiana, in 1877....

 (D). Samuel T. Baird

Samuel T. Baird

Samuel Thomas Baird was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in Oak Ridge, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, Baird was educated under private tutors and attended the Vincennes University.He studied law....

 (D), until April 22, 1899 (died)

• • Joseph E. Ransdell
    Joseph E. Ransdell
    Joseph Eugene Ransdell was a United States Representative and Senator from Louisiana. Born in Alexandria, the seat of Rapides Parish in central Louisiana, Ransdell attended public schools. In 1882, he graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York...
    
     (D), from December 4, 1899. 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), until September 4, 1899 (resigned)

• • Amos L. Allen
    Amos L. Allen
    Amos Lawrence Allen was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Waterboro, Maine, Allen attended the common schools, Whitestown Seminary, Whitestown, New York, and was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1860. He studied law at Columbian Law School, Washington, D.C....
    
     (R), from November 6, 1899. Charles E. Littlefield
    Charles E. Littlefield
    Charles Edgar Littlefield was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Lebanon, Maine on June 21, 1851. He attended the common schools and Foxcroft Academy. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Rockland...
    
     (R), from June 19, 1899. Edwin C. Burleigh
    Edwin C. Burleigh
    Edwin Chick Burleigh was an American politician from the state of Maine.Born in Linneus, Maine he attended the common schools and Houlton Academy before becoming a teacher himself. He also worked as a surveyor and farmer before entering government...
    
     (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), until March 3, 1901 (resigned)

Maryland 

. John W. Smith

John Walter Smith

John Walter Smith , a member of the United States Democratic Party, served the State of Maryland in the United States in several different positions...

 (D), until January 12, 1900 (resigned)

• • Josiah Kerr
    Josiah Kerr
    Josiah Leeds Kerr represented Maryland's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1900 to 1901....
    
     (R), from November 6, 1900. 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). Frank C. Wachter (R). James W. Denny (D). Sydney E. Mudd
    Sydney Emanuel Mudd I
    Sydney Emanuel Mudd I was an American politician.Born at Gallant Green, in Charles County, Maryland, Mudd attended Georgetown University and graduated from St. John's College of Annapolis, Maryland, in 1878. He studied law privately and also attended the law department of the University of...
    
     (R). George A. Pearre
    George Alexander Pearre
    George Alexander Pearre was an American politician.Born in Cumberland, Maryland, Pearre attended private schools, the Allegany County Academy at Cumberland, St. James College near Hagerstown, and Princeton College...
    
     (R)

Massachusetts 

. George P. Lawrence

George P. Lawrence

George Pelton Lawrence was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Adams, Massachusetts, Lawrence graduated from Drury Academy in 1876 and from Amherst College in 1880. He studied law at the Columbia Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced practice in North Adams...

 (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). John R. Thayer

John R. Thayer

John Randolph Thayer was a representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Douglas, Massachusetts and attended the common schools and Nichols Academy in Dudley. Thayer graduated from Yale College in 1869 where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and commenced practice in...

 (D). George W. Weymouth

George W. Weymouth

George Warren Weymouth was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in West Amesbury , Massachusetts, Weymouth attended the public schools and the Merrimac High School. He moved to Fitchburg in 1882 and engaged in the carriage 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 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). Ernest W. Roberts

Ernest W. Roberts

Ernest William Roberts was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in East Madison, Maine, Roberts attended the public schools in Chelsea, Massachusetts....

 (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 Fitzgerald (D). Henry F. Naphen

Henry F. Naphen

Henry Francis Naphen was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Ireland, to John and Jane Naphen, Naphen immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Lowell, Massachusetts....

 (D). Charles F. Sprague

Charles F. Sprague

Charles Franklin Sprague was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, grandson of Peleg Sprague ....

 (R). William C. Lovering

William C. Lovering

William Croad Lovering was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Biography:Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Lovering moved with his parents to Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1837....

 (R). William S. Greene

William S. Greene

William Stedman Greene was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Tremont, Illinois, Greene moved with his parents to Fall River, Massachusetts in 1844....

 (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). Henry C. Smith

Henry C. Smith

Henry Cassorte Smith was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Smith was born in Canandaigua, New York and in the following year moved with his father to a farm near Palmyra, Michigan. He attended the common schools and graduated from Adrian College in 1878. He taught school, studied law,...

 (R). Washington Gardner

Washington Gardner

Washington Gardner was a lawyer, minister, politician and Civil War veteran from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:...

 (R). Edward L. Hamilton

Edward L. Hamilton

Edward La Rue Hamilton was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Hamilton was born in Niles Township, Michigan, where he attended grade school and graduated from the Niles High School in 1876...

 (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). Samuel W. Smith

Samuel William Smith

Samuel William Smith , was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.He was born in Independence Township and attended the common schools in Clarkston and Detroit. He began teaching school in 1869, served as superintendent of schools in Waterford Township in 1875 and also served as principal of...

 (R). Edgar Weeks

Edgar Weeks

Edgar Weeks was a military officer, judge and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Weeks was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, where he attended the public schools and learned the printing trade...

 (R). Joseph W. Fordney

Joseph W. Fordney

Joseph Warren Fordney was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Fordney was born on a farm near Hartford City, Indiana where he attended the common schools. He moved to Saginaw, Michigan in June 1869 and engaged in the lumber industry...

 (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). William S. Mesick

William S. Mesick

William Smith Mesick was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Mesick was born in Newark, New York and attended the common schools. He moved to Michigan and attended Kalamazoo Business College and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1881...

 (R). Carlos D. Shelden

Carlos D. Shelden

Carlos Douglas Shelden was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Shelden was born in Walworth, Wisconsin and moved with his parents to Houghton County, Michigan in 1847. He attended the Union School of Ypsilanti, Michigan and returned to his home in the fall of 1861...

 (R)

Minnesota 

. James A. 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). Frederick Stevens (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). Robert P. Morris

Robert P. Morris

Robert Page Waller Morris, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, attended a private school and the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia; was graduated from the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, in 1872; assistant professor of...

 (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). Thomas Spight

Thomas Spight

Thomas Spight was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born near Ripley, Mississippi, Spight attended the common schools, Ripley Academy, Purdy College, and the La Grange Synodical College....

 (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). Andrew F. Fox

Andrew F. Fox

Andrew Fuller Fox was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Reform, Alabama, Fox moved to Calhoun County, Mississippi, with his parents in 1853....

 (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). Frank A. McLain

Frank A. McLain

Frank Alexander McLain was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born near Gloster in Amite County, Mississippi, McLain attended the public schools, and was graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1874.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Liberty,...

 (D). Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry (U.S. Congressman)

Patrick Henry was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi, uncle of Patrick Henry .Born near Cynthia, Mississippi, Henry attended the common schools, Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, Madison College, Sharon, Mississippi, and the Nashville Military College.He moved to Brandon,...

 (D)

Missouri 

. James T. Lloyd

James Tilghman Lloyd

James Tilghman Lloyd was a U.S. political figure and a Representative from Missouri from 1897 to 1917. He served as the House minority whip between 1901 and 1908.-External links:...

 (D). William W. Rucker

William W. Rucker

William Waller Rucker was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Covington, Virginia, Rucker moved with his parents to western Virginia in 1861.He attended the common schools....

 (D). John Dougherty (D). Charles F. Cochran

Charles F. Cochran

Charles Fremont Cochran was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Kirksville, Missouri, Cochran moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1860.He attended public and private schools.Apprenticed to the printer's trade....

 (D). William S. Cowherd

William S. Cowherd

William Strother Cowherd was a Democratic Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri in 1892–1893 and Congressman from Missouri in 1897–1905....

 (D). 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). James Cooney (D). Richard P. Bland

Richard P. Bland

Richard Parks Bland , American school teacher, lawyer, and Democratic Congressman between 1873 and 1899, serving except from 1895 to 1897, when he returned to office....

 (D), until June 15, 1899

• • Dorsey W. Shackleford
    Dorsey W. Shackleford
    Dorsey William Shackleford was a United States Representative from Missouri.Born near Sweet Springs, Missouri, Shackleford attended public schools and William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri.He taught school 1877-1879....
    
     (D), from August 29, 1899. James Beauchamp Clark
    James Beauchamp Clark
    James Beauchamp Clark best known as Champ Clark was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s until his death. A Representative of Missouri from 1893 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1921, he served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919...
    
     (D). 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 (R). Charles E. Pearce (R). Edward Robb
    Edward Robb
    Edward Robb was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Brazeau, Missouri, Robb attended the common schools, Brazeau Academy, Fruitland Normal Institute, and the University of Missouri in Columbia....
    
     (D). Willard D. Vandiver (D). Maecenas E. Benton (D)

Montana 

. Albert J. Campbell

Albert J. Campbell

Albert James Campbell was a U.S. Representative from Montana.Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Campbell attended the common schools and the State Agricultural College, Lansing . He taught school for several years, and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in...

 (D)

Nebraska 

. Elmer J. Burkett (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). John S. Robinson

John Seaton Robinson

John Seaton Robinson was a Nebraska Democratic politician.Born in Wheeling, Virginia on May 4, 1856, he studied law and was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of West Virginia in 1880. He moved to Madison, Nebraska in 1884 becoming the prosecuting attorney for Madison County, Nebraska from...

 (D). William L. Stark

William Ledyard Stark

William Ledyard Stark was a Nebraska Populist politician.Born in Mystic, Connecticut in 1853. He moved to Wyoming, Illinois in 1872. He taught school and clerked a store for a while. He attended Union College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of...

 (P). Roderick D. Sutherland (P). William L. Greene

William Laury Greene

William Laury Greene was a Nebraska Populist politician.Greene was raised in Dubois County, Indiana. He graduated from the Ireland Academy, taught school and studied law. He passed his bar exam in 1876 and began his practice in Bloomington, Indiana...

 (P), until March 11, 1899 (died)

• • William Neville
    William Neville
    William Harriman Neville was a Nebraska, United States Populist politician.-Biography:He was born in Nashville, Illinois. He moved with his parents to Chester, Illinois in 1851. Graduated from McKendree University and served as a sergeant in Company H of the 142nd regiment of the Illinois...
    
     (P), from December 4, 1899

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). Frank Gay Clarke

Frank Gay Clarke

Frank Gay Clarke was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Wilton, New Hampshire, Clarke attended Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, and Dartmouth College in Hanover. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1876, commencing practice in Peterboro.He served as member of the New...

 (R) died January 9, 1901, vacant thereafter

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). Joshua S. Salmon

Joshua S. Salmon

Joshua S. Salmon was an American Democratic Party politician who represented from 1899 to 1902.-Biography:...

 (D). 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 W. 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). William D. Daly

William D. Daly

William Davis Daly was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1900.-Biography:...

 (D), until July 31, 1900 (died)

• • Allan L. McDermott (D), from December 3, 1900. 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 

. Townsend Scudder

Townsend Scudder

Townsend Scudder was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Northport, he was a nephew of Henry Joel Scudder, also a U.S. Representative from New York. Townsend attended preparatory schools in Europe and was graduated from Columbia Law School in 1888; he was admitted to the bar in...

 (D). John J. Fitzgerald

John J. Fitzgerald

John Joseph Fitzgerald was a United States Representative from New York.-Biography:Born in Brooklyn, he attended the public schools, La Salle Military Academy , and graduated from Manhattan College in 1891...

 (D). Edmund H. Driggs

Edmund H. Driggs

Edmund Hope Driggs was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, he attended the public schools and Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn. He became engaged in the casualty-insurance business....

 (D). Bertram T. Clayton

Bertram Tracy Clayton

Bertram Tracy Clayton was an American soldier and politician.-Biography:Born in Clayton, Alabama, he went on to attend the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1886 with John J. Pershing...

 (D). Frank E. Wilson

Frank E. Wilson

Frank Eugene Wilson was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Roxbury, New York, Wilson attended the public schools and the Poughkeepsie Military Academy....

 (D). Mitchell May

Mitchell May

Mitchell May was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:He attended the public schools and Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute...

 (D). Nicholas Muller

Nicholas Muller

Nicholas Muller was a United States Representative from New York.Born in Luxembourg, he attended the common schools in the city of Metz and afterward the Athénée de Luxembourg. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in New York City, and was employed as a railroad ticket...

 (D). Daniel J. Riordan

Daniel J. Riordan

Daniel Joseph Riordan of New York City was a U.S. Representative from New York from 1899 to 1901 and from 1906 to 1923. He was a Democrat and a member of Tammany Hall.-References:...

 (D). Thomas J. Bradley

Thomas J. Bradley

Thomas Joseph Bradley was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Bradley attended the public schools.He was graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1887....

 (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). 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). Jefferson M. Levy (D). William A. Chanler

William A. Chanler

William Astor Chanler was a soldier, explorer, and a U.S. Representative from New York, son of John Winthrop Chanler and Margaret Astor Ward. He was the great-grandson of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. and a descendent of General John Armstrong, Sr...

 (D). Jacob Ruppert, Jr. (D). John Q. Underhill

John Q. Underhill

John Quincy Underhill was a U.S. Representative from New York, representing the state's 16th congressional district....

 (D). Arthur S. Tompkins

Arthur S. Tompkins

Arthur Sidney Tompkins was a U.S. Representative from New York, and a justice of the New York Supreme Court.-Early life:...

 (R). John H. Ketcham

John H. Ketcham

John Henry Ketcham was a United States Representative from New York for over 33 years. He also served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

 (R). Aaron V.S. Cochrane (R). Martin H. Glynn

Martin H. Glynn

Martin Henry Glynn was an American politician. He was the 40th Governor of New York from 1913 to 1914, the first Irish American Roman Catholic head of government of what was then the most populated state of the US....

 (D). John Knox Stewart

John Knox Stewart

John Knox Stewart was a Representative from New York.Stewart was born in Perth, Fulton County, New York on October 20, 1853. He moved with his parents to Amsterdam, New York in 1860 and attended the public schools and Amsterdam Academy...

 (R). Lucius N. Littauer

Lucius N. Littauer

-External links:...

 (R). Louis W. Emerson

Louis W. Emerson

Louis Woodard Emerson was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Warrensburg, New York, Emerson attended the district school and was graduated from Warrensburg Academy....

 (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), until February 13, 1900 (died)

• • Albert D. Shaw
    Albert D. Shaw
    Albert Duane Shaw was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Lyme, New York, Shaw attended Belleville and Union Academies and St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York. He enlisted as a private in Company A, Thirty-fifth Regiment, New York Volunteers, in June 1861 and served out the term of...
    
     (R), November 6, 1900 – February 10, 1901 (died), vacant thereafter. 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). Michael E. Driscoll
    Michael E. Driscoll
    Michael Edward Driscoll was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Syracuse, New York, Driscoll moved with his parents to the town of Camillus, Onondaga County, in 1852....
    
     (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, Jr.
    James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.
    James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. was a U.S. Republican politician from New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, Sr., and the grandson of Union General James Samuel Wadsworth, Sr.-Biography:...
    
     (R). James M.E. O'Grady (R). William H. Ryan
    William H. Ryan
    William Henry Ryan was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Ryan moved to Buffalo, New York, with his parents in 1866.He attended the grade and high schools....
    
     (D). De Alva S. Alexander
    De Alva S. Alexander
    De Alva Stanwood Alexander was an American journalist, lawyer, historian, and member of the United States House of Representatives....
    
     (R). Edward B. Vreeland
    Edward B. Vreeland
    Edward Butterfield Vreeland was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Cuba, Allegany County, New York, he graduated from Friendship Academy in 1877. In 1869 he moved to Salamanca and was superintendent of the public schools there from 1877 to 1882. He studied law and was admitted...
    
     (R), from November 7, 1899

North Carolina 

. John Humphrey Small

John Humphrey Small

John Humphrey Small was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born in Washington, North Carolina, Small attended private schools and Trinity College , Durham, North Carolina where he was a Member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He taught school from 1876 to 1880 and studied law...

 (D). George H. White

George Henry White

George Henry White was a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1897 and 1901. He is considered the last African American Congressman of the Reconstruction era, although his election came twenty years after the era's "official" end...

 (R). Charles R. Thomas

Charles R. Thomas (1861-1931)

Charles Randolph Thomas , son of Charles R. Thomas , was a North Carolina attorney and politician. Like his father, he served as a U.S...

 (D). John W. Atwater

John Wilbur Atwater

John Wilbur Atwater was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1899 and 1901.Atwater, born near Fearrington, North Carolina in 1840, attended common schools and the William Closs Academy...

 (P). William W. Kitchin

William Walton Kitchin

William Walton Kitchin was the 52nd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1909 to 1913.-Early Life and Family:...

 (D). John D. Bellamy

John Dillard Bellamy

John Dillard Bellamy was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1899 and 1903.Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, Bellamy attended local common schools, the Cape Fear Military Academy, Davidson College, graduating in 1873, and finally the University of Virginia at...

 (D). Theodore F. Kluttz

Theodore F. Kluttz

Theodore Franklin Kluttz was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born in Salisbury, North Carolina, Kluttz attended the common schools.He was a druggist.He studied law....

 (D). 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). William T. Crawford

William T. Crawford

William Thomas Crawford was a Representative from North Carolina.He attended the public schools and Waynesville Academy....

 (D), until May 10, 1900 (lost election contest)

• • 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), from May 10, 1900 (won election contest)

North Dakota 

. Burleigh F. Spalding

Burleigh F. Spalding

Burleigh Folsom Spalding was a United States Representative from North Dakota. He was born on a farm near Craftsbury, Vermont. He attended the Lyndon Literary Institute in Lyndon, Vermont and was graduated from Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont in 1877...

 (R)

Ohio 

. William B. Shattuc

William B. Shattuc

William Bunn Shattuc was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:William Shattuc was born in North Hector, New York but Shattuc moved to Ohio in 1852 with his parents, who settled near Sandusky....

 (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). John L. Brenner

John Lewis Brenner

John Lewis Brenner was a farmer, nurseryman, businessman and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio....

 (D). Robert B. Gordon

Robert B. Gordon

Robert Bryarly Gordon was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born at St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, Gordon attended the public schools. He served as Postmaster of St...

 (D). David Meekison

David Meekison

David Meekison was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Dundee, Scotland, Meekison immigrated to the United States in 1855 with his parents, who settled in Napoleon, Ohio. He attended the common schools and was then apprenticed to the printer's trade...

 (D). Seth W. Brown

Seth W. Brown

Seth W. Brown was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Waynesville, Ohio, Brown attended the public schools.During the Civil War served in Company H, Seventy-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry....

 (R). Walter L. Weaver

Walter L. Weaver

Walter Lowrie Weaver was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Montgomery County, Ohio, Weaver attended the public schools and Monroe Academy, and was graduated from Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, in 1870. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in...

 (R). Archibald Lybrand

Archibald Lybrand

Archibald Lybrand was a lawyer, soldier, businessman, and a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Tarlton, Ohio, Lybrand moved to Delaware, Ohio, in 1857...

 (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). Stephen Morgan

Stephen Morgan

Stephen Morgan was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Jackson County, Ohio, Morgan attended the common schools, Central College, Worthington, Ohio, and the National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio....

 (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). John J. Lentz

John J. Lentz

John Jacob Lentz was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, Lentz attended the common schools and the St...

 (D). James A. Norton

James A. Norton

James Albert Norton was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Norton was born in Bettsville, Ohio and attended the district schools where he graduated from Tiffin High School....

 (D). 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 (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), until June 19, 1899 (died)

• • John J. Gill (R), from December 4, 1899. John A. McDowell (D). Robert W. Tayler (R). Charles W. F. Dick
    Charles W. F. Dick
    Charles William Frederick Dick was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.-Biography:...
    
     (R). Fremont O. Phillips
    Fremont O. Phillips
    Fremont Orestes Phillips was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Lafayette, Ohio, Phillips attended the public schools.He moved to Medina, Ohio, in 1873....
    
     (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 

. Thomas H. Tongue

Thomas H. Tongue

Thomas H. Tongue was an American politician and attorney in the state of Oregon. Born in England, his family immigrated to Washington County, Oregon, in 1859. In Oregon, he would serve in the State Senate from 1889 to 1893 and was the seventh mayor of Hillsboro...

 (R). Malcolm A. Moody

Malcolm A. Moody

Malcolm Adelbert Moody was a Republican U.S. congressman from Oregon.-Early life:Moody was born near Brownsville, Oregon in 1854, the eldest child of future Oregon governor Zenas Ferry Moody and his wife, Mary Stevenson Moody. The Moody family moved to Illinois the following year, and then back to...

 (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). William McAleer

William McAleer

William McAleer was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William McAleer was born in County Tyrone, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Philadelphia in 1851. He attended public and private schools...

 (D). James R. Young

James R. Young

James Rankin Young was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was the younger brother of fellow journalist John Russell Young.-Early life:...

 (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), until March 6, 1900 (died)

• • Edward D. Morrell
    Edward de Veaux Morrell
    Edward de Veaux Morrell was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Morrell was born in Newport, Rhode Island. He attended private schools and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall, in 1885...
    
     (R), from November 6, 1900. Thomas S. Butler
    Thomas S. Butler
    Thomas Stalker Butler was a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, serving from March 4, 1897 until his death, having been elected to the House sixteen times. Thomas S. Butler was also the father of the famous Marine Corps General Smedley D...
    
     (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). Laird H. Barber
    Laird Howard Barber
    Laird Howard Barber was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Laird Howard Barber born on a farm near Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania. He prepared for college in the Mifflinburg Academy, and graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1871...
    
     (D). Daniel Ermentrout
    Daniel Ermentrout
    Daniel Ermentrout was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Daniel Ermentrout was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He attended Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Elmwood Institute in Norristown, Pennsylvania...
    
     (D), until September 17, 1899 (died)
  • Henry D. Green
    Henry Dickinson Green
    Henry Dickinson Green was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Henry D. Green was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, and was graduated from the Reading High School in 1872 and Yale College in 1877. He studied law, was admitted to...
    
     (D), from November 7, 1899. 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). William Connell
    William Connell (Pennsylvania)
    William Connell was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Connell was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia and moved with his parents to Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in 1844...
    
     (R). Stanley W. Davenport
    Stanley Woodward Davenport
    Stanley Woodward Davenport was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
    
     (D). James W. Ryan
    James Wilfrid Ryan
    James Wilfrid Ryan was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James W. Ryan was born in Norwegian Township, Pennsylvania. He moved to Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, with his parents, where he attended the public schools. He graduated from the high school of...
    
     (D). Marlin E. Olmsted
    Marlin Edgar Olmsted
    Marlin Edgar Olmsted was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Marlin E. Olmsted was born near Ulysses, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Coudersport Academy...
    
     (R). Charles F. Wright
    Charles Frederick Wright
    Charles Frederick Wright was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Charles F. Wright was born in Forest Lake Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Montrose Academy in 1874, and worked as a teller for the First National Bank of Montrose, Pennsylvania,...
    
     (R). Horace B. Packer
    Horace Billings Packer
    Horace Billings Packer was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Horace B. Packer was born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, the Wellsboro Academy, and Alfred University in Alfred, New York...
    
     (R). Rufus K. Polk
    Rufus King Polk
    Rufus King Polk was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Rufus K. Polk was born in Columbia, Tennessee, the son of Confederate States Army Brigadier General Lucius E. Polk and great-nephew of Leonidas Polk...
    
     (D). 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). Edward D. Ziegler
    Edward Danner Ziegler
    Edward Danner Ziegler was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Edward D. Ziegler was born in Bedford, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1865. He was engaged in teaching in the York County Academy...
    
     (D). Joseph E. Thropp
    Joseph Earlston Thropp
    Joseph Earlston Thropp was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Life:...
    
     (R). Summers M. Jack
    Summers Melville Jack
    Summers Melville Jack was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Summers M. Jack was born in the Pittsburgh DMA town of Summerville, Pennsylvania. He attended Indiana Normal School. He taught school for six years. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in...
    
     (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 H. Graham
    William Harrison Graham
    thumb|William H. Graham circa 1901William Harrison Graham was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
    
     (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). Joseph B. Showalter
    Joseph Baltzell Showalter
    Joseph Baltzell Showalter was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Personal:...
    
     (R). Athelston Gaston
    Athelston Gaston
    Athelston Gaston was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Athelston Gaston was born in Castile, New York. He moved with his parents to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in 1854. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1873, when he became a dealer in and...
    
     (D). Joseph C. Sibley
    Joseph C. Sibley
    Joseph Crocker Sibley was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.Joseph C. Sibley was born in Friendship, New York. In 1859 he moved with his parents to Boston, New York. He attended the county schools and the local academies at Springville and Friendship. He taught school and...
    
     (D). James K.P. Hall
    James Knox Polk Hall
    James Knox Polk Hall was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James K. P. Hall was born in Milesburg, Pennsylvania. He was educated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1866...
    
     (D). Samuel A. Davenport
    Samuel Arza Davenport
    Samuel Arza Davenport was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel A. Davenport was born near Watkins, New York. He moved to Pennsylvania with his parents, who settled in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1839. He attended the Erie Academy...
    
     (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)

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). Adin B. Capron

Adin B. Capron

Adin Ballou Capron was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.-Early life and military career:Born in Mendon, Massachusetts, Capron attended the Woonsocket High School and Westbrook Seminary, near Portland, Maine. He settled in Stillwater, Rhode Island, and engaged in milling and dealing in grain...

 (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). W. Jasper Talbert

W. Jasper Talbert

William Jasper Talbert was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near Edgefield, South Carolina, Talbert attended the common schools in Greenwood and Due West Academy at Abbeville, and was graduated from Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina.He served in the Confederate States Army as...

 (D). Asbury 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). David E. Finley

David E. Finley

David E. Finley was a United States Representative from South Carolina. He was born in Trenton, Arkansas. He attended the public schools of Rock Hill, South Carolina and Ebenezer, South Carolina and was graduated from the law department of South Carolina College at Columbia, South Carolina in 1885...

 (D). James Norton (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)

South Dakota 

. Charles H. Burke

Charles H. Burke

Charles Henry Burke was a Republican Congressman from South Dakota and Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the 1920s.-Biography:He was born near Batavia, New York, in 1861, and attended the public school there...

 (R). 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)

Tennessee 

. Walter P. Brownlow

Walter P. Brownlow

Walter P. Brownlow served Tennessee's First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1896 until 1910. Amazingly, a century after his service, the legacy established by Brownlow's Congressional work remains important in the First District...

 (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). John A. Moon

John A. Moon

thumb|John A Moon, ca1912John Austin Moon was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on April 22, 1855 near Charlottesville, Virginia in Albemarle County. He moved with his parents to Bristol,...

 (D). Charles E. Snodgrass

Charles Edward Snodgrass

Charles Edward Snodgrass was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on December 28, 1866 near Sparta, Tennessee in White County. He attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to...

 (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). John W. Gaines

John W. Gaines

John Wesley Gaines 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). Thetus W. Sims

Thetus W. Sims

Thetus Willrette Sims was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 8th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on April 25, 1852 near Waynesboro, Tennessee in Wayne County. He attended a private school at Martin Mills and moved with his...

 (D). Rice A. Pierce

Rice Alexander Pierce

Rice Alexander Pierce was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 9th congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...

 (D). Edward W. Carmack

Edward W. Carmack

Edward Ward Carmack was an attorney, newspaperman, and political figure who served as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1901 to 1907....

 (D)

Texas 

. Thomas H. Ball

Thomas Henry Ball

Thomas Henry Ball was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. The town of Peck, Texas was renamed Tomball, Texas in his honor in 1907.-External links:...

 (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). Reese C. De Graffenreid

Reese C. De Graffenreid

Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Franklin, Tennessee, De Graffenreid attended the common schools of Franklin and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He graduated from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee. He was admitted...

 (D). John L. Sheppard

John Levi Sheppard

John Levi Sheppard was an American lawyer, judge, and legislator. Sheppard was elected to two terms as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for the Fourth Congressional District of Texas...

 (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). Robert E. Burke

Robert E. Burke

Robert Emmet Burke was a U.S. Representative from Texas.-Early years:Robert Emmet Burke was born near Dadeville, Alabama, and attended nearby public schools...

 (D). Robert L. Henry

Robert L. Henry

Robert Lee Henry was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas from 1897 to 1917 .-Early life:...

 (D). Samuel W.T. Lanham

S.W.T. Lanham

Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham , was the 23rd Governor of Texas from January 20, 1903 to January 15, 1907. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to winning election as Governor, he served two periods in the U.S. House of Representatives...

 (D). Albert S. Burleson

Albert S. Burleson

Albert Sidney Burleson was a United States Postmaster General and Congressman. Born in San Marcos, Texas, he came from a wealthy Southern family. His father, Edward Burleson, Jr., was a Confederate officer. His grandfather, Edward Burleson, was a soldier and statesman in the Republic of Texas and...

 (D). Robert B. Hawley

Robert B. Hawley

Robert Bradley Hawley was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Hawley attended the public schools and the Christian Brothers' College in Memphis...

 (R). 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). James L. Slayden (D). John H. Stephens (D)

Utah 

. William H. King

William H. King

William Henry King was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist from Salt Lake City, Utah. A Democrat, he represented Utah in the United States Senate from 1917 until 1941.-Life:...

 (D), from April 2, 1900

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). William A. Young (D), until March 12, 1900 (lost election contest)

• • Richard A. Wise (R), March 12, 1900 (won election contest) – December 21, 1900 (died), vacant thereafter. John Lamb
    John Lamb (congressman)
    John Lamb was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.-Biography:Born in Sussex County, Virginia, Lamb attended a private school...
    
     (D). Sydney P. Epes (D), until March 3, 1900 (died)
  • Francis R. Lassiter
    Francis R. Lassiter
    Francis Rives Lassiter was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, great-nephew of Francis Everod Rives....
    
     (D), from April 28, 1900. 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). James Hay (D). John F. Rixey
    John Franklin Rixey
    John Franklin Rixey was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Virginia's 8th congressional district from 1897 to 1907....
    
     (D). William F. Rhea (D). Julian M. Quarles
    Julian M. Quarles
    Julian Minor Quarles was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born near Ruther Glen, Virginia. He graduated from the University of Virginia...
    
     (D)

Washington 

. Francis W. Cushman

Francis W. Cushman

Francis Wellington Cushman was a U.S. Representative from Washington.Born in Brighton, Washington County, Iowa, Cushman attended the public schools in Brighton and Pleasant Plain Academy in Pleasant Plain, Iowa....

 (R). Wesley L. Jones (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). David Emmons Johnston

David Emmons Johnston

David Emmons Johnston was a lawyer and Democratic politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative. Congressman Johnston was born near Pearisburg, Virginia in Giles County April 10, 1845. He was elected in 1888 to the 56th United States Congress. He died July 7, 1917.He...

 (D). Romeo H. Freer

Romeo H. Freer

Romeo Hoyt Freer was the Republican Attorney General of West Virginia from 1901 to 1905.Born in Bazette , Ohio on November 9, 1846, he was the son of Josiah D. Freer and Caroline P. Brown. The family soon relocated to Ashtabula County, Ohio and Freer attended common schools...

 (R)

Wisconsin 

. Henry Allen Cooper (R). Herman B. Dahle

Herman Dahle

Herman Bjorn Dahle was a United States Congressman in the House of Representatives from Wisconsin.-Background:...

 (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). James H. Davidson

James H. Davidson

James Henry Davidson was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Colchester, New York, Davidson attended the public schools and Walton Academy.He taught school in Delaware and Sullivan Counties, New York....

 (R). John J. Esch

John J. Esch

John Jacob Esch was an American attorney and member of the United States House of Representatives from 1899-1921 serving as a Republican. He was born near Norwalk, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1882 and in 1887, was admitted to the bar. He was a member of the...

 (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 

. Frank 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

. John F. Wilson

John Frank Wilson

John Frank Wilson was a Delegate from the Territory of Arizona.Born near Pulaski, Tennessee, Wilson moved with his parents to Alabama and attended the common schools and Rhuhama College...

 (D). Robert W. Wilcox

Robert William Wilcox

Robert William Kalanihiapo Wilcox , nicknamed the Iron Duke of Hawaii, was a native Hawaiian revolutionary soldier and politician. He led uprisings against both the government of the Kingdom of Hawaii under King Kalākaua and the Republic of Hawaii under Sanford Dole, what are now known as the...

 (Independent), from December 15, 1900 (new territory). Pedro Perea

Pedro Perea

Pedro Perea was a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico, cousin of Francisco Perea.Born in Bernalillo, New Mexico, Perea attended St. Michael's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico and Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and graduated from St. Louis University, St...

 (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)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• replacements: 4
  • Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)
    The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
    
    : 1 seat gain
  • Republican
    Republican Party (United States)
    The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
    
    : 1 seat loss
• deaths: 3
• resignations: 1
• vacancy: 5
• interim appointments: 3
• Total seats with changes: 9

House of Representatives

• replacements: 18
  • Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)
    The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
    
    : 2 seat loss
  • Republican
    Republican Party (United States)
    The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
    
    : 2 seat gain

• deaths: 15
• resignations: 8
• contested election: 4
• Total seats with changes: 25

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
  Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
  
  )
• 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...
  
  
  • Charles G. Bennett, elected February 1, 1900
• 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
  • Daniel M. Ransdell, elected February 1, 1900

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
  Unitarian Universalist Association
  Unitarian Universalist Association , in full the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations in North America, is a liberal religious association of Unitarian Universalist congregations formed by the consolidation in 1961 of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of...
  
  )
• 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
  The United States House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities. The Sergeant at Arms is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the chamber...
  
  : Henry Casson
  Henry Casson
  Henry Casson was the Secretary of State for Wisconsin from 1895 until 1899. In 1899, at the start of the 56th United States Congress, he was selected by the Republican majority to serve as Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives...
  
  

External links

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists