60th United States Congress
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| Duration: March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |||
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| Senate President: | Charles W. Fairbanks | ||
| Senate Pres. pro tem: | William P. Frye | ||
| House Speaker: | Joseph G. Cannon | ||
| Members: | 90 Senators 391 Representatives 6 Non-voting members |
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| Senate Majority: | Republican | ||
| House Majority: | Republican | ||
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| 1st: December 2, 1907 – May 30, 1908 2nd: December 7, 1908 – March 3, 1909 |
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The Sixtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1907 to March 4, 1909, during the last two years of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. Both chambers had a Republican majority.
[edit] Major events
[edit] Major legislation
- May 30, 1908 — Aldrich-Vreeland Act, ch. 229, 35 Stat. 546
- 1908 — The Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), 5645 U.S.C. § 51 et seq.[1]
[edit] States admitted
- November 16, 1907: Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state.
[edit] Party summary
[edit] Senate
- Republican (R): 61 (majority)
- Democratic (D): 29
TOTAL members: 90
[edit] House of Representatives
- Republican (R): 223 (majority)
- Democratic (D): 167
- Independent (I): 1
TOTAL members: 391
[edit] Leadership
[edit] Senate
[edit] House of Representatives
[edit] Members
[edit] Senate
At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election.
[edit] House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
[edit] Employees
[edit] Senate
- Secretary: Charles G. Bennett of New York
- Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell of Indiana
- Chaplain: Edward E. Hale, Unitarian
[edit] House of Representatives
- Clerk: Alexander McDowell of Pennsylvania, elected December 2, 1907
- Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson of Wisconsin, elected December 2, 1907
- Doorkeeper: Frank B. Lyon of New York, elected December 2, 1907
- Postmaster: Samuel Langum of New York, elected December 2, 1907
- Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Asher C. Hinds
- Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist, elected December 2, 1907
[edit] References
- ^ Walgren, John A. (1916). Federal Employers' Liability Act: practitioner's manual. T.H. Flood. http://books.google.com/books?id=uTUXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9. Retrieved 14 Sep 2009.
- Gould, Lewis L. (2005). The Most Exclusive Club. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group. ISBN 0-465-02778-4.
- Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-088434-7.
- U.S. Congress (2005). "Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress". http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
- U.S. House of Representatives (2006). "Congressional History". http://clerk.house.gov/histHigh/Congressional_History/index.html. Retrieved June 1, 2006.[dead link]
- U.S. Senate (2006). "Statistics and Lists". http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
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