61st United States Congress

61st United States Congress
60th ← → 62nd
United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911
Members	92 senators 391 representatives 7 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Republican
Senate President	James S. Sherman (R)
House majority	Republican
House Speaker	Joseph G. Cannon (R)
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1909 – March 6, 1909 1st: March 15, 1909 – August 5, 1909 2nd: December 6, 1909 – June 25, 1910 3rd: December 5, 1910 – March 3, 1911

The Sixty-first 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, 1909 to March 4, 1911, during the first two years of William H. Taft'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.

Major events

Main articles: 1909 in the United States, 1910 in the United States, and 1911 in the United States

• March 4, 1909: William Howard Taft became President of the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation

• August 5, 1909 – Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act, ch. 6, 36 Stat. 11
• June 18, 1910: Mann-Elkins Act, ch. 309, 36 Stat. 539
• June 25, 1910: Mann Act, ch. 395, 36 Stat. 825
• March 3, 1911: Judicial Code of 1911, ch. 231, 36 Stat. 1087

Constitutional amendments

• July 12, 1909: Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution passed by Congress and submitted to the states for ratification.

Party summary

Senate

• Republican: 60 (majority)
• Democratic: 32

TOTAL members: 92

House of Representatives

• Republican: 219 (majority)
• Democratic: 171
• Independent Democratic: 1

TOTAL members: 391

Leadership

Senate President James S. Sherman

Senate President pro tempore William P. Frye

Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon

Leaders of the 61st United States Congress

Senate

• President: James S. Sherman (R)
• President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Joseph Gurney Cannon (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Majority Leader: Sereno E. Payne
• Majority Whip: John W. Dwight

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Minority Leader: Champ Clark
• Minority Whip: vacant

Members

Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate

At this time, most Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election.

Alabama

• 2. John H. Bankhead (D)
• 3. Joseph F. Johnston (D)

Arkansas

• 2. Jeff Davis (D)
• 3. James P. Clarke (D)

California

• 1. Frank P. Flint (R)
• 3. George C. Perkins (R)

Colorado

• 2. Simon Guggenheim (R)
• 3. Charles J. Hughes, Jr. (D), until January 11, 1911

Connecticut

• 1. Morgan G. Bulkeley (R)
• 3. Frank B. Brandegee (R)

Delaware

• 1. Henry A. du Pont (R)
• 2. Harry A. Richardson (R)

Florida

• 1. James P. Taliaferro (D)
• 3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)

Georgia

• 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)
• 3. Alexander S. Clay (D), until November 10, 1910
  • Joseph M. Terrell (D), from November 17, 1910

Idaho

• 2. William E. Borah (R)
• 3. Weldon B. Heyburn (R)

Illinois

• 2. Shelby Moore Cullom (R)
• 3. William C. Lorimer (R), from June 18, 1909

Indiana

• 1. Albert J. Beveridge (R)
• 3. Benjamin F. Shively (D)

Iowa

• 2. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R), until October 15, 1910
  • Lafayette Young (R), from November 12, 1910
• 3. Albert B. Cummins (R)

Kansas

• 2. Charles Curtis (R)
• 3. Joseph L. Bristow (R)

Kentucky

• 2. Thomas H. Paynter (D)
• 3. William O. Bradley (R)

Louisiana

• 2. Murphy J. Foster (D)
• 3. Samuel D. McEnery (D), until June 10, 1910
  • John Thornton (D), from December 10, 1910

Maine

• 1. Eugene Hale (R)
• 2. William P. Frye (R)

Maryland

• 1. Isidor Rayner (D)
• 3. John W. Smith (D)

Massachusetts

• 1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)
• 2. Winthrop M. Crane (R)

Michigan

• 1. Julius C. Burrows (R)
• 2. William A. Smith (R)

Minnesota

• 1. Moses E. Clapp (R)
• 2. Knute Nelson (R)

Mississippi

• 1. Hernando D. Money (D)
• 2. Anselm J. McLaurin (D), until December 22, 1909
  • James Gordon (D), December 27, 1909 – February 22, 1910
  • LeRoy Percy (D), from February 23, 1910

Missouri

• 1. William Warner (R)
• 3. William J. Stone (D)

Montana

• 1. Thomas H. Carter (R)
• 2. Joseph M. Dixon (R)

Nebraska

• 1. Elmer J. Burkett (R)
• 2. Norris Brown (R)

Nevada

• 1. George S. Nixon (R)
• 3. Francis G. Newlands (D)

New Hampshire

• 2. Henry E. Burnham (R)
• 3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)

New Jersey

• 1. John Kean (R)
• 2. Frank O. Briggs (R)

New York

• 1. Chauncey Mitchell Depew (R)
• 3. Elihu A. Root (R)

North Carolina

• 2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D)
• 3. Lee S. Overman (D)

North Dakota

• 1. Porter J. McCumber (R)
• 3. Martin N. Johnson (R), until October 21, 1909
  • Fountain L. Thompson (D), November 10, 1909 – January 31, 1910
  • William E. Purcell (D), February 1, 1910 – February 1, 1911
  • Asle Gronna (R), from February 2, 1911

Ohio

• 1. Charles W. F. Dick (R)
• 3. Theodore E. Burton (R)

Oklahoma

• 2. Robert L. Owen (D)
• 3. Thomas P. Gore (D)

Oregon

• 2. Jonathan Bourne, Jr. (R)
• 3. George E. Chamberlain (D)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Philander C. Knox (R), until March 4, 1909
  • George T. Oliver (R), from March 17, 1909
• 3. Boies Penrose (R)

Rhode Island

• 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
• 2. George P. Wetmore (R)

South Carolina

• 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
• 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

South Dakota

• 2. Robert J. Gamble (R)
• 3. Coe I. Crawford (R)

Tennessee

• 1. James B. Frazier (D)
• 2. Robert L. Taylor (D)

Texas

• 1. Charles A. Culberson (D)
• 2. Joseph W. Bailey (D)

Utah

• 1. George Sutherland (R)
• 3. Reed Smoot (R)

Vermont

• 1. Carroll S. Page (R)
• 3. William P. Dillingham (R)

Virginia

• 1. John W. Daniel (D), until June 29, 1910
  • Claude A. Swanson (D), from August 1, 1910
• 2. Thomas S. Martin (D)

Washington

• 1. Samuel H. Piles (R)
• 3. Wesley L. Jones (R)

West Virginia

• 1. Nathan Bay Scott (R)
• 2. Stephen B. Elkins (R), until January 4, 1911
  • Davis Elkins (R), January 9, 1911 – January 31, 1911
  • Clarence W. Watson (D), from February 1, 1911

Wisconsin

• 1. Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R)
• 3. Isaac Stephenson (R)

Wyoming

• 1. Clarence D. Clark (R)
• 2. Francis E. Warren (R)

House of Representatives

Alabama

(9 Democrats)

• 1. George W. Taylor (D)
• 2. S. Hubert Dent, Jr. (D)
• 3. Henry D. Clayton (D)
• 4. William B. Craig (D)
• 5. J. Thomas Heflin (D)
• 6. Richmond P. Hobson (D)
• 7. John L. Burnett (D)
• 8. William N. Richardson (D)
• 9. Oscar W. Underwood (D)

Arkansas

(7 Democrats)

• 1. Robert B. Macon (D)
• 2. William A. Oldfield (D)
• 3. John C. Floyd (D)
• 4. William B. Cravens (D)
• 5. Charles C. Reid (D)
• 6. Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)
• 7. Robert M. Wallace (D)

California

(8 Republicans)

• 1. William F. Englebright (R)
• 2. Duncan E. McKinlay (R)
• 3. Joseph R. Knowland (R)
• 4. Julius Kahn (R)
• 5. Everis A. Hayes (R)
• 6. James C. Needham (R)
• 7. James McLachlan (R)
• 8. Sylvester C. Smith (R)

Colorado

(3 Democrats)

• 1. Atterson Walden Rucker (D)
• 2. John A. Martin (D)
• At-large. Edward T. Taylor (D)

Connecticut

(5 Republicans)

• 1. E. Stevens Henry (R)
• 2. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)
• 3. Edwin W. Higgins (R)
• 4. Ebenezer J. Hill (R)
• At-large. John Q. Tilson (R)

Delaware

(1 Republican)

• At-large. William H. Heald (R)

Florida

(3 Democrats)

• 1. Stephen M. Sparkman (D)
• 2. Frank Clark (D)
• 3. Dannite H. Mays (D)

Georgia

(11 Democrats)

• 1. Charles G. Edwards (D)
• 2. James M. Griggs (D), until January 5, 1910
  • Seaborn Roddenbery (D), from February 6, 1910
• 3. Dudley M. Hughes (D)
• 4. William C. Adamson (D)
• 5. Leonidas F. Livingston (D)
• 6. Charles L. Bartlett (D)
• 7. Gordon Lee (D)
• 8. William M. Howard (D)
• 9. Thomas Montgomery Bell (D)
• 10. Thomas W. Hardwick (D)
• 11. William G. Brantley (D)

Idaho

(1 Republican)

• At-large. Thomas Ray Hamer (R)

Illinois

(20-5 Republican)

• 1. Martin B. Madden (R)
• 2. James R. Mann (R)
• 3. William W. Wilson (R)
• 4. James T. McDermott (D)
• 5. Adolph J. Sabath (D)
• 6. William Lorimer (R), until June 17, 1909
  • William J. Moxley (R), from November 23, 1909
• 7. Frederick Lundin (R)
• 8. Thomas Gallagher (D)
• 9. Henry S. Boutell (R)
• 10. George E. Foss (R)
• 11. Howard M. Snapp (R)
• 12. Charles Eugene Fuller (R)
• 13. Frank O. Lowden (R)
• 14. James McKinney (R)
• 15. George W. Prince (R)
• 16. Joseph V. Graff (R)
• 17. John A. Sterling (R)
• 18. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
• 19. William B. McKinley (R)
• 20. Henry T. Rainey (D)
• 21. James M. Graham (D)
• 22. William A. Rodenberg (R)
• 23. Martin D. Foster (D)
• 24. Pleasant T. Chapman (R)
• 25. Napoleon B. Thistlewood (R)

Indiana

(8-5 Republican)

• 1. John W. Boehne (D)
• 2. William A. Cullop (D)
• 3. William E. Cox (D)
• 4. Lincoln Dixon (D)
• 5. Ralph Wilbur Moss (D)
• 6. William O. Barnard (R)
• 7. Charles A. Korbly (D)
• 8. John A.M. Adair (D)
• 9. Martin A. Morrison (D)
• 10. Edgar D. Crumpacker (R)
• 11. George W. Rauch (D)
• 12. Cyrus Cline (D)
• 13. Henry A. Barnhart (D)

Iowa

(10-1 Republican)

• 1. Charles A. Kennedy (R)
• 2. Albert F. Dawson (R)
• 3. Charles E. Pickett (R)
• 4. Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
• 5. James W. Good (R)
• 6. Nathan E. Kendall (R)
• 7. John A. T. Hull (R)
• 8. William Darius Jamieson (D)
• 9. Walter I. Smith (R)
• 10. Frank P. Woods (R)
• 11. Elbert H. Hubbard (R)

Kansas

(8 Republicans)

• 1. Daniel Read Anthony, Jr. (R)
• 2. Charles Frederick Scott (R)
• 3. Philip P. Campbell (R)
• 4. James Monroe Miller (R)
• 5. William A. Calderhead (R)
• 6. William A. Reeder (R)
• 7. Edmond H. Madison (R)
• 8. Victor Murdock (R)

Kentucky

(7-4 Democratic)

• 1. Ollie M. James (D)
• 2. Augustus Stanley (D)
• 3. Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. (D)
• 4. Ben Johnson (D)
• 5. J. Swagar Sherley (D)
• 6. Joseph L. Rhinock (D)
• 7. J. Campbell Cantrill (D)
• 8. Harvey Helm (D)
• 9. Joseph B. Bennett (R)
• 10. John W. Langley (R)
• 11. Don C. Edwards (R)

Louisiana

(7 Democrats)

• 1. Albert Estopinal (D)
• 2. Samuel Louis Gilmore (D), March 30, 1909 – July 18, 1910
  • Henry Garland Dupré (D), from November 8, 1910
• 3. Robert Foligny Broussard (D)
• 4. John Thomas Watkins (D)
• 5. Joseph Eugene Ransdell (D)
• 6. Robert Charles Wickliffe (D)
• 7. Arsène Paulin Pujó (D)

Maine

(4 Republicans)

• 1. Amos L. Allen (R), until February 20, 1911
• 2. John P. Swasey (R)
• 3. Edwin C. Burleigh (R)
• 4. Frank E. Guernsey (R)

Maryland

(3-3 split)

• 1. J. Harry Covington (D)
• 2. J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)
• 3. John Kronmiller (R)
• 4. John Gill, Jr. (D)
• 5. Sydney Emanuel Mudd I (R)
• 6. George A. Pearre (R)

Massachusetts

(11-3 Republican)

• 1. George P. Lawrence (R)
• 2. Frederick H. Gillett (R)
• 3. Charles G. Washburn (R)
• 4. Charles Q. Tirrell (R), until July 31, 1910
  • John Joseph Mitchell (D), from November 8, 1910
• 5. Butler Ames (R)
• 6. Augustus P. Gardner (R)
• 7. Ernest W. Roberts (R)
• 8. Samuel W. McCall (R)
• 9. John A. Keliher (D)
• 10. Joseph F. O'Connell (D)
• 11. Andrew J. Peters (D)
• 12. John W. Weeks (R)
• 13. William S. Greene (R)
• 14. William C. Lovering (R), until February 4, 1910
  • Eugene Foss (D), March 22, 1910 – January 4, 1911

Michigan

(12 Republicans)

• 1. Edwin C. Denby (R)
• 2. Charles E. Townsend (R)
• 3. Washington Gardner (R)
• 4. Edward L. Hamilton (R)
• 5. Gerrit J. Diekema (R)
• 6. Samuel W. Smith (R)
• 7. Henry McMorran (R)
• 8. Joseph W. Fordney (R)
• 9. James C. McLaughlin (R)
• 10. George A. Loud (R)
• 11. Francis H. Dodds (R)
• 12. H. Olin Young (R)

Minnesota

(8-1 Republican)

• 1. James Albertus Tawney (R)
• 2. Winfield Scott Hammond (D)
• 3. Charles Russell Davis (R)
• 4. Frederick Stevens (R)
• 5. Frank Nye (R)
• 6. Charles August Lindbergh (R)
• 7. Andrew Volstead (R)
• 8. Clarence B. Miller (R)
• 9. Halvor Steenerson (R)

Mississippi

(8 Democrats)

• 1. Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. (D)
• 2. Thomas Spight (D)
• 3. Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D)
• 4. Thomas U. Sisson (D)
• 5. Adam M. Byrd (D)
• 6. Eaton J. Bowers (D)
• 7. William A. Dickson (D)
• 8. James W. Collier (D)

Missouri

(12-4 Democratic)

• 1. James Tilghman Lloyd (D)
• 2. William W. Rucker (D)
• 3. Joshua Willis Alexander (D)
• 4. Charles F. Booher (D)
• 5. William Patterson Borland (D)
• 6. David A. De Armond (D), until November 23, 1909
  • Clement C. Dickinson (D), from February 1, 1910
• 7. Courtney W. Hamlin (D)
• 8. Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)
• 9. James Beauchamp Clark (D)
• 10. Richard Bartholdt (R)
• 11. Patrick F. Gill (D)
• 12. Harry M. Coudrey (R)
• 13. Politte Elvins (R)
• 14. Charles A. Crow (R)
• 15. Charles Henry Morgan (R)
• 16. Arthur P. Murphy (R)

Montana

(1 Republican)

• At-large. Charles N. Pray (R)

Nebraska

(3-3 split)

• 1. John A. Maguire (D)
• 2. Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D)
• 3. James P. Latta (D)
• 4. Edmund H. Hinshaw (R)
• 5. George W. Norris (R)
• 6. Moses P. Kinkaid (R)

Nevada

(1 Democrat)

• At-large. George A. Bartlett (D)

New Hampshire

(2 Republicans)

• 1. Cyrus Adams Sulloway (R)
• 2. Frank Dunklee Currier (R)

New Jersey

(6-4 Republican)

• 1. Henry C. Loudenslager (R)
• 2. John James Gardner (R)
• 3. Benjamin F. Howell (R)
• 4. Ira W. Wood (R)
• 5. Charles N. Fowler (R)
• 6. William Hughes (D)
• 7. Richard W. Parker (R)
• 8. William H. Wiley (R)
• 9. Eugene F. Kinkead (D)
• 10. James A. Hamill (D)

New York

(26-11 Republican)

• 1. William W. Cocks (R)
• 2. George H. Lindsay (D)
• 3. Otto G. Foelker (R)
• 4. Charles B. Law (R)
• 5. Richard Young (R)
• 6. William M. Calder (R)
• 7. John J. Fitzgerald (D)
• 8. Daniel J. Riordan (D)
• 9. Henry M. Goldfogle (D)
• 10. William Sulzer (D)
• 11. Charles V. Fornes (D)
• 12. Michael F. Conry (D)
• 13. Herbert Parsons (R)
• 14. William Willet, Jr. (D)
• 15. J. Van Vechten Olcott (R)
• 16. Francis B. Harrison (D)
• 17. William S. Bennet (R)
• 18. Joseph A. Goulden (D)
• 19. John E. Andrus (R)
• 20. Thomas W. Bradley (R)
• 21. Hamilton Fish II (R)
• 22. William H. Draper (R)
• 23. George N. Southwick (R)
• 24. George W. Fairchild (R)
• 25. Cyrus Durey (R)
• 26. George R. Malby (R)
• 27. Charles S. Millington (R)
• 28. Charles L. Knapp (R)
• 29. Michael E. Driscoll (R)
• 30. John W. Dwight (R)
• 31. Sereno E. Payne (R)
• 32. James B. Perkins (R), until March 11, 1910
  • James Smith Havens (D), from April 19, 1910
• 33. J. Sloat Fassett (R)
• 34. James S. Simmons (R)
• 35. Daniel A. Driscoll (D)
• 36. De Alva S. Alexander (R)
• 37. Edward B. Vreeland (R)

North Carolina

(10 Democrats)

• 1. John Humphrey Small (D)
• 2. Claude Kitchin (D)
• 3. Charles Randolph Thomas (D)
• 4. Edward W. Pou (D)
• 5. John M. Morehead (R)
• 6. Hannibal L. Godwin (D)
• 7. Robert N. Page (D)
• 8. Charles H. Cowles (R)
• 9. Edwin Y. Webb (D)
• 10. John G. Grant (R)

North Dakota

(2 Republicans)

• 1. Louis B. Hanna (R)
• 2. Asle Gronna (R), until February 11, 1911

Ohio

(16-5 Republican)

• 1. Nicholas Longworth (R)
• 2. Herman P. Goebel (R)
• 3. James M. Cox (D)
• 4. William E. Tou Velle (D)
• 5. Timothy T. Ansberry (D)
• 6. Matthew R. Denver (D)
• 7. J. Warren Keifer (R)
• 8. Ralph D. Cole (R)
• 9. Isaac R. Sherwood (D)
• 10. Adna R. Johnson (R)
• 11. Albert Douglas (R)
• 12. Edward L. Taylor, Jr. (R)
• 13. Carl C. Anderson (D)
• 14. William G. Sharp (D)
• 15. James Joyce (R)
• 16. David Hollingsworth (R)
• 17. William A. Ashbrook (D)
• 18. James Kennedy (R)
• 19. W. Aubrey Thomas (R)
• 20. L. Paul Howland (R)
• 21. James H. Cassidy (R), from April 20, 1909

Oklahoma

(4-1 Democratic)

• 1. Bird Segle McGuire (R)
• 2. Dick Thompson Morgan (R)
• 3. Charles E. Creager (R)
• 4. Charles D. Carter (D)
• 5. Scott Ferris (D)

Oregon

(2 Republicans)

• 1. Willis C. Hawley (R)
• 2. William R. Ellis (R)

Pennsylvania

(25-7 Republican)

• 1. Henry H. Bingham (R)
• 2. Joel Cook (R), until December 15, 1910
• 3. J. Hampton Moore (R)
• 4. Reuben O. Moon (R)
• 5. William W. Foulkrod (R), until November 13, 1910
• 6. George D. McCreary (R)
• 7. Thomas S. Butler (R)
• 8. Irving P. Wanger (R)
• 9. William W. Griest (R)
• 10. Thomas D. Nicholls (Independent Democrat)
• 11. Henry W. Palmer (R)
• 12. Alfred B. Garner (R)
• 13. John H. Rothermel (D)
• 14. Charles C. Pratt (R)
• 15. William B. Wilson (D)
• 16. John G. McHenry (D)
• 17. Benjamin K. Focht (R)
• 18. Marlin E. Olmsted (R)
• 19. John M. Reynolds (R), until January 17, 1911
• 20. Daniel F. Lafean (R)
• 21. Charles F. Barclay (R)
• 22. George F. Huff (R)
• 23. Allen F. Cooper (R)
• 24. John K. Tener (R), until January 16, 1911
• 25. Arthur L. Bates (R)
• 26. A. Mitchell Palmer (D)
• 27. J. N. Langham (R)
• 28. Nelson P. Wheeler (R)
• 29. William H. Graham (R)
• 30. John Dalzell (R)
• 31. James F. Burke (R)
• 32. Andrew J. Barchfeld (R)

Rhode Island

(1-1 split)

• 1. William P. Sheffield (R)
• 2. Adin B. Capron (R)

South Carolina

(7 Democrats)

• 1. George S. Legare (D)
• 2. James O'H. Patterson (D)
• 3. Wyatt Aiken (D)
• 4. Joseph T. Johnson (D)
• 5. David E. Finley (D)
• 6. J. Edwin Ellerbe (D)
• 7. Asbury F. Lever (D)

South Dakota

(2 Republicans)

• At-large. Charles H. Burke (R)
• At-large. Eben Martin (R)

Tennessee

(8-2 Democratic)

• 1. Walter P. Brownlow (R), until July 8, 1910
  • Zachary D. Massey (R), from November 8, 1910
• 2. Richard W. Austin (R)
• 3. John Austin Moon (D)
• 4. Cordell Hull (D)
• 5. William C. Houston (D)
• 6. Joseph W. Byrns (D)
• 7. Lemuel Phillips Padgett (D)
• 8. Thetus Willrette Sims (D)
• 9. Finis J. Garrett (D)
• 10. George W. Gordon (D)

Texas

(16 Democrats)

• 1. John Morris Sheppard (D)
• 2. Martin Dies (D)
• 3. Gordon J. Russell (D), until June 14, 1910
  • Robert M. Lively (D), from July 23, 1910
• 4. Choice Boswell Randell (D)
• 5. James Andrew Beall (D)
• 6. Rufus Hardy (D)
• 7. Alexander W. Gregg (D)
• 8. John M. Moore (D)
• 9. George Farmer Burgess (D)
• 10. Albert Sidney Burleson (D)
• 11. Robert L. Henry (D)
• 12. Oscar W. Gillespie (D)
• 13. John Hall Stephens (D)
• 14. James L. Slayden (D)
• 15. John Nance Garner (D)
• 16. William R. Smith (D)

Utah

(1 Republican)

• At-large. Joseph Howell (R)

Vermont

(2 Republicans)

• 1. David J. Foster (R)
• 2. Frank Plumley (R)

Virginia

(9-1 Democratic)

• 1. William Atkinson Jones (D)
• 2. Harry Lee Maynard (D)
• 3. John Fletcher Lamb (D)
• 4. Francis R. Lassiter (D), until October 31, 1909
  • Robert Turnbull (D), from March 8, 1910
• 5. Edward W. Saunders (D)
• 6. Carter Glass (D)
• 7. James Hay (D)
• 8. Charles Creighton Carlin (D)
• 9. C. Bascom Slemp (R)
• 10. Henry De Flood (D)

Washington

(3 Republicans)

• 1. William E. Humphrey (R)
• 2. Francis W. Cushman (R), until July 6, 1909
  • William W. McCredie (R), from November 2, 1909
• 3. Miles Poindexter (R)

West Virginia

(5 Republicans)

• 1. William P. Hubbard (R)
• 2. George Cookman Sturgiss (R)
• 3. Joseph Holt Gaines (R)
• 4. Harry C. Woodyard (R)
• 5. James Anthony Hughes (R)

Wisconsin

(9-2 Republican)

• 1. Henry Allen Cooper (R)
• 2. John M. Nelson (R)
• 3. Arthur W. Kopp (R)
• 4. William J. Cary (R)
• 5. William H. Stafford (R)
• 6. Charles H. Weisse (D)
• 7. John Jacob Esch (R)
• 8. James Henry Davidson (R)
• 9. Gustav Küstermann (R)
• 10. Elmer A. Morse (R)
• 11. Irvine L. Lenroot (R)

Wyoming

(1 Republican)

• At-large. Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

(3-1 Republican, 1 Independent)

• Alaska Territory. James Wickersham (R)
• Arizona Territory. Ralph Henry Cameron (R)
• Hawaii Territory. Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole (R)
• New Mexico Territory. William Henry Andrews (R)
• Philippines. Benito Legarda
• Philippines. Pablo Ocampo, until November 22, 1909
  • Manuel Quezon, (Unionist), from November 23, 1909
• Puerto Rico. Tulio Larrinaga (Resident Commissioner), (Unionist)

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80.1-100% Democratic	80.1-100% Republican
60.1-80% Democratic	60.1-80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• replacements: 13
  • Democratic: 1 seat net gain
  • Republican: 1 seat net loss
• deaths: 8
• resignations: 2
• vacancy: 1
• Total seats with changes: 14

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for vacancy	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
Illinois (3)	Vacant	Sen. was elected at beginning of term. Served in House until resigning June 18, 1909	William Lorimer (R)	June 18, 1909
Pennsylvania (1)	Philander C. Knox (R)	Resigned March 4, 1909 after being appointed United States Secretary of State. Successor was elected.	George T. Oliver (R)	March 17, 1909
North Dakota (3)	Martin N. Johnson (R)	Died October 21, 1909. Successor was appointed.	Fountain L. Thompson (D)	October 10, 1909
Mississippi (2)	Anselm J. McLaurin (D)	Died December 22, 1909. Successor was appointed.	James Gordon (D)	December 27, 1909
North Dakota (3)	Fountain L. Thompson (D)	Resigned January 31, 1910. Successor was appointed.	William E. Purcell (D)	February 1, 1910
Mississippi (2)	James Gordon (D)	Successor was elected.	LeRoy Percy (D)	February 23, 1910
Louisiana (3)	Samuel D. McEnery (D)	Died June 10, 1910. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.	John Thornton (D)	December 10, 1910
Virginia (1)	John W. Daniel (D)	Died June 29, 1910. Successor was appointed.	Claude A. Swanson (D)	August 1, 1910
Iowa (2)	Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)	Died October 15, 1910	Lafayette Young (R)	November 12, 1910
Georgia (3)	Alexander S. Clay (D)	Died November 10, 1910. Successor was appointed.	Joseph M. Terrell (D)	November 17, 1910
West Virginia (2)	Stephen B. Elkins (R)	Died January 4, 1911. Successor was appointed.	Davis Elkins (R)	January 9, 1911
Colorado (3)	Charles J. Hughes Jr. (D)	Died January 11, 1911.	Vacant until next Congress
West Virginia (2)	Davis Elkins (R)	Successor was elected.	Clarence W. Watson (D)	February 1, 1911
North Dakota (3)	William E. Purcell (D)	Successor was elected.	Asle Gronna (R)	February 2, 1911

House of Representatives

• replacements: 12
  • Democratic: 3 seat gain
  • Republican: 3 seat loss
• deaths: 12
• resignations: 6
• contested elections: 0
• Total seats with changes: 21

District	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Successor
Louisiana 2nd	Vacant	Rep. Robert C. Davey died during previous congress	Samuel L. Gilmore (D)	March 30, 1909
Ohio 21st	Vacant	Rep. Theodore E. Burton resigned during previous congress	James H. Cassidy (R)	April 20, 1909
Illinois 6th	William Lorimer (R)	Resigned June 17, 1909 after being elected to the U.S. Senate	William Moxley (R)	November 23, 1909
Washington 2nd	Francis W. Cushman (R)	Died July 6, 1909	William W. McCredie (R)	November 2, 1909
Virginia 4th	Francis R. Lassiter (D)	Died October 31, 1909	Robert Turnbull (D)	March 8, 1910
Philippines Resident Commissioner	Pablo Ocampo	Term ended November 22, 1909	Manuel L. Quezon (Unionist)	November 23, 1909
Missouri 6th	David A. De Armond (D)	Died November 23, 1909	Clement C. Dickinson (D)	February 1, 1910
Georgia 2nd	James M. Griggs (D)	Died January 5, 1910	Seaborn Roddenbery (D)	February 6, 1910
Massachusetts 14th	William C. Lovering (R)	Died March 11, 1910	Eugene Foss (D)	January 4, 1911
New York 32nd	James B. Perkins (R)	Died February 4, 1910	James S. Havens (D)	April 19, 1910
Texas 3rd	Gordon J. Russell (D)	Resigned June 14, 1910 after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas	Robert M. Lively (D)	July 23, 1910
Tennessee 1st	Walter P. Brownlow (R)	Died July 8, 1910	Zachary D. Massey (R)	November 8, 1910
Louisiana 2nd	Samuel L. Gilmore (D)	Died July 18, 1910	H. Garland Dupré (D)	November 8, 1910
Massachusetts 4th	Charles Q. Tirrell (R)	Died July 31, 1910	John J. Mitchell (D)	November 8, 1910
Pennsylvania 5th	William W. Foulkrod (R)	Died November 13, 1910	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Pennsylvania 2nd	Joel Cook (R)	Died December 15, 1910	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Massachusetts 14th	Eugene Foss (D)	Resigned January 4, 1911 after being elected Governor of Massachusetts	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Pennsylvania 24th	John K. Tener (R)	Resigned January 16, 1911 after being elected Governor of Pennsylvania	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Pennsylvania 19th	John M. Reynolds (R)	Resigned January 17, 1911 after being elected Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
North Dakota 2nd	Asle Gronna (R)	Resigned February 11, 1911 after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Seat remained vacant until next Congress
Maine 1st	Amos L. Allen (R)	Died February 20, 1911	Seat remained vacant until next Congress

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select)
• Agriculture and Forestry
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
• Canadian Relations
• Census
• Civil Service and Retrenchment
• Claims
• Coast and Insular Survey
• Coast Defenses
• Commerce
• Conservation of National Resources
• Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia
• Cuban Relations
• Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia
• Education and Labor
• Engrossed Bills
• Enrolled Bills
• Establish a University in the United States (Select)
• Examination of Disposition of Documents (Select)
• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service
• Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture
• Expenditures in the Interior Department
• Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Select)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Select)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department
• Expenditures in the Department of State (Select)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Select)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Select)
• Fisheries
• Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select)
• Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game
• Geological Survey
• Immigration
• Immigration and Naturalization
• Indian Affairs
• Indian Contracts Investigation (Select)
• Industrial Expositions
• Interoceanic Canals
• Interstate Commerce
• Irrigation and Reclamation
• Library
• Manufactures
• Military Affairs
• Mines and Mining
• Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select)
• National Banks
• Naval Affairs
• Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico
• Pacific Railroads
• Patents
• Pensions
• Philippines
• Post Office and Post Roads
• Potomac River Front (Select)
• Printing
• Private Land Claims
• Privileges and Elections
• Public Buildings and Grounds
• Public Expenditures
• Public Health and National Quarantine
• Public Lands
• Railroads
• Revision of the Laws
• Revolutionary Claims
• Rules
• Standards, Weights and Measures (Select)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Territories
• Third Degree Ordeal
• Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard
• Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select)
• Wages and Prices of Commodities (Select)
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage

House of Representatives

• Accounts
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic
• Banking and Currency
• Census
• Claims
• Coinage, Weights and Measures
• Disposition of Executive Papers
• District of Columbia
• Education
• Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress
• Elections
• Enrolled Bills
• Expenditures in the Agriculture Department
• Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments
• Expenditures in the Interior Department
• Expenditures in the Justice Department
• Expenditures in the Navy Department
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department
• Expenditures in the State Department
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department
• Expenditures in the War Department
• Expenditures on Public Buildings
• Immigration and Naturalization
• Indian Affairs
• Industrial Arts and Expositions
• Insular Affairs
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce
• Whole

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods
• Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam
• Public Printer of the United States: Samuel B. Donnelly

Senate

• Chaplain:
  • Edward E. Hale (Unitarian) until June 10, 1909
  • Ulysses G.B. Pierce (Unitarian) elected June 18, 1909
• Secretary: Charles G. Bennett
• Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Henry N. Couden (Universalist)
• Clerk: Alexander McDowell
• Doorkeeper: Frank B. Lyon
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Asher C. Hinds
• Postmaster: Samuel Langum
• Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson

See also

• United States elections, 1908 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1908
  • United States Senate elections, 1908
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1908
• United States elections, 1910 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1910
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1910

References

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• Official Congressional Directory for the 61st Congress, 1st Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 61st Congress, 2nd Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 61st Congress, 2nd Session (Revision).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 61st Congress, 3rd Session.