53rd United States Congress

53rd United States Congress
52nd ← → 54th
United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895
Members	88 senators 356 representatives 4 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Democratic
Senate President	Adlai E. Stevenson (D)
House majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Charles F. Crisp (D)
Sessions
1st: August 7, 1893 – November 3, 1893 2nd: December 4, 1893 – August 28, 1894 3rd: December 3, 1894 – March 3, 1895

"Gorman's Triumph— A Humiliating Spectacle", cartoon by W. A. Rogers depicting President Cleveland's humiliation by the Sugar Trust.

The Fifty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1893, to March 4, 1895, during the first two years of Grover Cleveland's second presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eleventh Census of the United States in 1890. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)				Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Populist (P)	Republican (R)	Silver (S)
End of previous congress	36	2	46	0	84	0
Begin	44	3	37	1	85	3
End	43		41		88	0
Final voting share	48.9%	3.4%	46.6%	1.1%
Beginning of next congress	39	4	42	2	87	1

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Independent Democratic (ID)	Populist (P)	Republican (R)	Silver (S)
End of previous congress	233	0	9	86	0	328	4
Begin	213	1	11	127	1	353	3
End	214			123		350	6
Final voting share	61.1%	0.3%	3.1%	35.1%	0.3%
Beginning of next congress	104	0	7	240	1	352	4

Leadership

Senate President
Adlai Stevenson

Senate

• President: Adlai Stevenson (D)
• President pro tempore: Charles F. Manderson (D)
  • Isham G. Harris (D), elected March 22, 1893
  • Matt Whitaker Ransom (D), elected January 7, 1895
  • Isham G. Harris (D), elected January 10, 1895
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Arthur P. Gorman
• Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman

House of Representatives

House Speaker
Charles F. Crisp

• Speaker: Charles F. Crisp (D)
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: William S. Holman
• Republican Conference Chair: Thomas J. Henderson
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: John L. Mitchell

Major events

Main articles: 1893 in the United States, 1894 in the United States, and 1895 in the United States

• March 4, 1893: Grover Cleveland became President of the United States for a second time.
• May 5, 1893: Panic of 1893: A crash on the New York Stock Exchange started a depression.
• November 7, 1893: Colorado women were granted the right to vote
• May 1, 1894: Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrived in Washington, D.C.

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 53rd United States Congress

• July 16, 1894: Utah Enabling Act
• August 27, 1894: Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act
• February 18, 1895: Maguire Act of 1895

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and Members of the House are listed by district.

Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, facing re-election in 1894; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1896.

Alabama

• 2. John T. Morgan (D)
• 3. James L. Pugh (D)

Arkansas

• 2. James H. Berry (D)
• 3. James K. Jones (D)

California

• 1. Stephen M. White (D)
• 3. Leland Stanford (R), until June 21, 1893
  • George C. Perkins (R), from July 26, 1893

Colorado

• 2. Edward O. Wolcott (R)
• 3. Henry M. Teller (R)

Connecticut

• 1. Joseph R. Hawley (R)
• 3. Orville H. Platt (R)

Delaware

• 1. George Gray (D)
• 2. Anthony Higgins (R)

Florida

• 1. Samuel Pasco (D)
• 3. Wilkinson Call (D)

Georgia

• 2. Alfred H. Colquitt (D), until March 26, 1894
  • Patrick Walsh (D), from April 2, 1894
• 3. John B. Gordon (D)

Idaho

• 2. George L. Shoup (R)
• 3. Fred T. Dubois (R)

Illinois

• 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R)
• 3. John McAuley Palmer (D)

Indiana

• 1. David Turpie (D)
• 3. Daniel W. Voorhees (D)

Iowa

• 2. James F. Wilson (R)
• 3. William B. Allison (R)

Kansas

• 2. John Martin (D)
• 3. William A. Peffer (P)

Kentucky

• 2. William Lindsay (D)
• 3. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)

Louisiana

• 2. Donelson Caffery (D)
• 3. Edward D. White (D), until March 12, 1894
  • Newton C. Blanchard (D), from March 12, 1894

Maine

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

Maryland

• 1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D)
• 3. Charles H. Gibson (D)

Massachusetts

• 1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)
• 2. George F. Hoar (R)

Michigan

• 1. Francis B. Stockbridge (R), until April 30, 1894
  • John Patton, Jr. (R), from May 5, 1894, until January 14, 1895
  • Julius C. Burrows (R), from January 24, 1895
• 2. James McMillan (R)

Minnesota

• 1. Cushman K. Davis (R)
• 2. William D. Washburn (R)

Mississippi

• 1. James Z. George (D)
• 2. Edward C. Walthall (D), until January 24, 1894
  • Anselm J. McLaurin (D), from February 7, 1894

Missouri

• 1. Francis M. Cockrell (D)
• 3. George G. Vest (D)

Montana

• 1. Lee Mantle (R), from January 16, 1895
• 2. Thomas C. Power (R)

Nebraska

• 1. William V. Allen (P)
• 2. Charles F. Manderson (R)

Nevada

• 1. William M. Stewart (S)
• 3. John P. Jones (R)

New Hampshire

• 2. William E. Chandler (R)
• 3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)

New Jersey

• 1. James Smith, Jr. (D)
• 2. John R. McPherson (D)

New York

• 1. Edward Murphy, Jr. (D)
• 3. David B. Hill (D)

North Carolina

• 2. Matt W. Ransom (D)
• 3. Zebulon B. Vance (D), until April 14, 1894
  • Thomas J. Jarvis (D), from April 19, 1894, until January 23, 1895
  • Jeter C. Pritchard (R), from January 23, 1895

North Dakota

• 1. William N. Roach (D)
• 3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)

Ohio

• 1. John Sherman (R)
• 3. Calvin S. Brice (D)

Oregon

• 2. Joseph N. Dolph (R)
• 3. John H. Mitchell (R)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Matthew S. Quay (R)
• 3. J. Donald Cameron (R)

Rhode Island

• 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
• 2. Nathan F. Dixon, III (R)

South Carolina

• 2. Matthew C. Butler (D)
• 3. John L. M. Irby (D)

South Dakota

• 2. Richard F. Pettigrew (R)
• 3. James H. Kyle (P)

Tennessee

• 1. William B. Bate (D)
• 2. Isham G. Harris (D)

Texas

• 1. Roger Q. Mills (D)
• 2. Richard Coke (D)

Vermont

• 1. Redfield Proctor (R)
• 3. Justin S. Morrill (R)

Virginia

• 1. John W. Daniel (D)
• 2. Eppa Hunton, II (D)

Washington

• 1. John L. Wilson (R), from February 19, 1895
• 3. Watson C. Squire (R)

West Virginia

• 1. Charles J. Faulkner (D)
• 2. Johnson N. Camden (D)

Wisconsin

• 1. John L. Mitchell (D)
• 3. William F. Vilas (D)

Wyoming

• 1. Clarence D. Clark (R), from January 23, 1895
• 2. Joseph M. Carey (R)

Senate President pro tempore
Charles F. Manderson

Senate President pro tempore
Isham G. Harris

Senate President pro tempore
Matt W. Ransom

House of Representatives

Alabama

• 1. Richard H. Clarke (D)
• 2. Jesse F. Stallings (D)
• 3. William C. Oates (D), until November 5, 1894
  • George P. Harrison (D), from November 6, 1894
• 4. Gaston A. Robbins (D)
• 5. James E. Cobb (D)
• 6. John H. Bankhead (D)
• 7. William H. Denson (D)
• 8. Joseph Wheeler (D)
• 9. Louis W. Turpin (D)

Arkansas

• 1. Philip D. McCulloch, Jr. (D)
• 2. Clifton R. Breckinridge (D), until August 14, 1894
  • John S. Little (D), from December 3, 1894
• 3. Thomas C. McRae (D)
• 4. William L. Terry (D)
• 5. Hugh A. Dinsmore (D)
• 6. Robert Neill (D)

California

• 1. Thomas J. Geary (D)
• 2. Anthony Caminetti (D)
• 3. Samuel G. Hilborn (R), until April 4, 1894
  • Warren B. English (D), from April 4, 1894
• 4. James G. Maguire (D)
• 5. Eugene F. Loud (R)
• 6. Marion Cannon (P)
• 7. William W. Bowers (R)

Colorado

• 1. Lafe Pence (P)
• 2. John C. Bell (P)

Connecticut

• 1. Lewis Sperry (D)
• 2. James P. Pigott (D)
• 3. Charles A. Russell (R)
• 4. Robert E. De Forest (D)

Delaware

• At-large. John W. Causey (D)

Florida

• 1. Stephen R. Mallory (D)
• 2. Charles M. Cooper (D)

Georgia

• 1. Rufus E. Lester (D)
• 2. Benjamin E. Russell (D)
• 3. Charles F. Crisp (D)
• 4. Charles L. Moses (D)
• 5. Leonidas F. Livingston (D)
• 6. Thomas B. Cabaniss (D)
• 7. John W. Maddox (D)
• 8. Thomas G. Lawson (D)
• 9. Farish C. Tate (D)
• 10. James C. C. Black (D)
• 11. Henry G. Turner (D)

Idaho

• At-large. Willis Sweet (R)

Illinois

• 1. J. Frank Aldrich (R)
• 2. Lawrence E. McGann (D)
• 3. Allan C. Durborow, Jr. (D)
• 4. Julius Goldzier (D)
• 5. Albert J. Hopkins (R)
• 6. Robert R. Hitt (R)
• 7. Thomas J. Henderson (R)
• 8. Robert A. Childs (R)
• 9. Hamilton K. Wheeler (R)
• 10. Philip S. Post (R), until January 6, 1895
• 11. Benjamin F. Marsh (R)
• 12. John J. McDannold (D)
• 13. William M. Springer (D)
• 14. Benjamin F. Funk (R)
• 15. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
• 16. George W. Fithian (D)
• 17. Edward Lane (D)
• 18. William S. Forman (D)
• 19. James R. Williams (D)
• 20. George Washington Smith (R)
• At-large. John C. Black (D), until January 12, 1895
• At-large. Andrew J. Hunter (D)

Indiana

• 1. Arthur H. Taylor (D)
• 2. John L. Bretz (D)
• 3. Jason B. Brown (D)
• 4. William S. Holman (D)
• 5. George W. Cooper (D)
• 6. Henry U. Johnson (R)
• 7. William D. Bynum (D)
• 8. Elijah V. Brookshire (D)
• 9. Daniel W. Waugh (R)
• 10. Thomas Hammond (D)
• 11. Augustus N. Martin (D)
• 12. William F. McNagny (D)
• 13. Charles G. Conn (D)

Iowa

• 1. John H. Gear (R)
• 2. Walter I. Hayes (D)
• 3. David B. Henderson (R)
• 4. Thomas Updegraff (R)
• 5. Robert G. Cousins (R)
• 6. John F. Lacey (R)
• 7. John A. T. Hull (R)
• 8. William P. Hepburn (R)
• 9. Alva L. Hager (R)
• 10. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)
• 11. George D. Perkins (R)

Kansas

• 1. Case Broderick (R)
• 2. Edward H. Funston (R), until August 2, 1894
  • Horace L. Moore (D), from August 2, 1894
• 3. Thomas J. Hudson (P)
• 4. Charles Curtis (R)
• 5. John Davis (P)
• 6. William Baker (P)
• 7. Jeremiah Simpson (P)
• At-large. William A. Harris (P)

Kentucky

• 1. William J. Stone (D)
• 2. William T. Ellis (D)
• 3. Isaac H. Goodnight (D)
• 4. Alexander B. Montgomery (D)
• 5. Asher G. Caruth (D)
• 6. Albert S. Berry (D)
• 7. William C. P. Breckinridge (D)
• 8. James B. McCreary (D)
• 9. Thomas H. Paynter (D), until January 5, 1895
• 10. Marcus C. Lisle (D), until July 7, 1894
  • William M. Beckner (D), from December 3, 1894
• 11. Silas Adams (R)

Louisiana

• 1. Adolph Meyer (D)
• 2. Robert C. Davey (D)
• 3. Andrew Price (D)
• 4. Newton C. Blanchard (D), until March 12, 1894
  • Henry W. Ogden (D), from May 12, 1894
• 5. Charles J. Boatner (D)
• 6. Samuel M. Robertson (D)

Maine

• 1. Thomas B. Reed (R)
• 2. Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R)
• 3. Seth L. Milliken (R)
• 4. Charles A. Boutelle (R)

Maryland

• 1. Robert F. Bratton (D), until May 10, 1894
  • W. Laird Henry (D), from November 6, 1894
• 2. J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)
• 3. Henry W. Rusk (D)
• 4. Isidor Rayner (D)
• 5. Barnes Compton (D), until May 15, 1894
  • Charles E. Coffin (R), from November 6, 1894
• 6. William M. McKaig (D)

Massachusetts

• 1. Ashley B. Wright (R)
• 2. Frederick H. Gillett (R)
• 3. Joseph H. Walker (R)
• 4. Lewis D. Apsley (R)
• 5. Moses T. Stevens (D)
• 6. William Cogswell (R)
• 7. William Everett (D), from April 25, 1893
• 8. Samuel W. McCall (R)
• 9. Joseph H. O'Neil (D)
• 10. Michael J. McEttrick (ID)
• 11. William F. Draper (R)
• 12. Elijah A. Morse (R)
• 13. Charles S. Randall (R)

Michigan

• 1. J. Logan Chipman (D), until August 17, 1893
  • Levi T. Griffin (D), from December 4, 1893
• 2. James S. Gorman (D)
• 3. Julius C. Burrows (R), until January 23, 1895
• 4. Henry F. Thomas (R)
• 5. George F. Richardson (D)
• 6. David D. Aitken (R)
• 7. Justin R. Whiting (D)
• 8. William S. Linton (R)
• 9. John W. Moon (R)
• 10. Thomas A. E. Weadock (D)
• 11. John Avery (R)
• 12. Samuel M. Stephenson (R)

Minnesota

• 1. James A. Tawney (R)
• 2. James T. McCleary (R)
• 3. Osee M. Hall (D)
• 4. Andrew R. Kiefer (R)
• 5. Loren Fletcher (R)
• 6. Melvin R. Baldwin (D)
• 7. Haldor E. Boen (P)

Mississippi

• 1. John M. Allen (D)
• 2. John C. Kyle (D)
• 3. Thomas C. Catchings (D)
• 4. Hernando D. Money (D)
• 5. John Sharp Williams (D)
• 6. Thomas R. Stockdale (D)
• 7. Charles E. Hooker (D)

Missouri

• 1. William H. Hatch (D)
• 2. Uriel S. Hall (D)
• 3. Alexander M. Dockery (D)
• 4. Daniel D. Burnes (D)
• 5. John C. Tarsney (D)
• 6. David A. De Armond (D)
• 7. John T. Heard (D)
• 8. Richard P. Bland (D)
• 9. James Beauchamp Clark (D)
• 10. Richard Bartholdt (R)
• 11. Charles F. Joy (R), until April 3, 1894
  • John J. O'Neill (D), from April 3, 1894
• 12. Seth W. Cobb (D)
• 13. Robert W. Fyan (D)
• 14. Marshall Arnold (D)
• 15. Charles H. Morgan (D)

Montana

• At-large. Charles S. Hartman (R)

Nebraska

• 1. William J. Bryan (D)
• 2. David H. Mercer (R)
• 3. George D. Meiklejohn (R)
• 4. Eugene J. Hainer (R)
• 5. William A. McKeighan (P)
• 6. Omer M. Kem (P)

Nevada

• At-large. Francis G. Newlands (D/S)

New Hampshire

• 1. Henry W. Blair (R)
• 2. Henry M. Baker (R)

New Jersey

• 1. Henry C. Loudenslager (R)
• 2. John J. Gardner (R)
• 3. Jacob A. Geissenhainer (D)
• 4. Johnston Cornish (D)
• 5. Cornelius A. Cadmus (D)
• 6. Thomas D. English (D)
• 7. George B. Fielder (D)
• 8. John T. Dunn (D)

New York

• 1. James W. Covert (D)
• 2. John M. Clancy (D)
• 3. Joseph C. Hendrix (D)
• 4. William J. Coombs (D)
• 5. John H. Graham (D)
• 6. Thomas F. Magner (D)
• 7. Franklin Bartlett (D)
• 8. Edward J. Dunphy (D)
• 9. Timothy J. Campbell (D)
• 10. Daniel E. Sickles (D)
• 11. Amos J. Cummings (D), until November 21, 1894
• 12. W. Bourke Cockran (D)
• 13. J. De Witt Warner (D)
• 14. John R. Fellows (D), until December 31, 1893
  • Lemuel E. Quigg (R), from January 30, 1894
• 15. Ashbel P. Fitch (D), until December 26, 1893
  • Isidor Straus (D), from January 30, 1894
• 16. William Ryan (D)
• 17. Francis Marvin (R)
• 18. Jacob LeFever (R)
• 19. Charles D. Haines (D)
• 20. Charles Tracey (D)
• 21. Simon J. Schermerhorn (D)
• 22. Newton M. Curtis (R)
• 23. John M. Wever (R)
• 24. Charles A. Chickering (R)
• 25. James S. Sherman (R)
• 26. George W. Ray (R)
• 27. James J. Belden (R)
• 28. Sereno E. Payne (R)
• 29. Charles W. Gillet (R)
• 30. James W. Wadsworth (R)
• 31. John Van Voorhis (R)
• 32. Daniel N. Lockwood (D)
• 33. Charles Daniels (R)
• 34. Warren B. Hooker (R)

North Carolina

• 1. William A. B. Branch (D)
• 2. Frederick A. Woodard (D)
• 3. Benjamin F. Grady (D)
• 4. Benjamin H. Bunn (D)
• 5. Thomas Settle, III (R)
• 6. Sydenham B. Alexander (D)
• 7. John S. Henderson (D)
• 8. William H. Bower (D)
• 9. William T. Crawford (D)

North Dakota

• At-large. Martin N. Johnson (R)

Ohio

• 1. Bellamy Storer (R)
• 2. John A. Caldwell (R), until May 4, 1894
  • Jacob H. Bromwell (R), from December 3, 1894
• 3. George W. Houk (D), until February 9, 1894
  • Paul J. Sorg (D), from May 21, 1894
• 4. Fernando C. Layton (D)
• 5. Dennis D. Donovan (D)
• 6. George W. Hulick (R)
• 7. George W. Wilson (R)
• 8. Luther M. Strong (R)
• 9. Byron F. Ritchie (D)
• 10. William H. Enochs (R), until July 13, 1893
  • Hezekiah S. Bundy (R), from December 4, 1893
• 11. Charles H. Grosvenor (R)
• 12. Joseph H. Outhwaite (D)
• 13. Darius D. Hare (D)
• 14. Michael D. Harter (D)
• 15. Henry C. Van Voorhis (R)
• 16. Albert J. Pearson (D)
• 17. James A. D. Richards (D)
• 18. George P. Ikirt (D)
• 19. Stephen A. Northway (R)
• 20. William J. White (R)
• 21. Tom L. Johnson (D)

Oregon

• 1. Binger Hermann (R)
• 2. William R. Ellis (R)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Henry H. Bingham (R)
• 2. Charles O'Neill (R), until November 25, 1893
  • Robert Adams, Jr. (R), from December 19, 1893
• 3. William McAleer (D)
• 4. John E. Reyburn (R)
• 5. Alfred C. Harmer (R)
• 6. John B. Robinson (R)
• 7. Irving P. Wanger (R)
• 8. William Mutchler (D), until June 23, 1893
  • Howard Mutchler (D), from August 7, 1893
• 9. Constantine J. Erdman (D)
• 10. Marriott Brosius (R)
• 11. Joseph A. Scranton (R)
• 12. William H. Hines (D)
• 13. James B. Reilly (D)
• 14. Ephraim M. Woomer (R)
• 15. Myron B. Wright (R), until November 13, 1894
  • Edwin J. Jorden (R), from February 23, 1895
• 16. Albert C. Hopkins (R)
• 17. Simon P. Wolverton (D)
• 18. Thaddeus M. Mahon (R)
• 19. Frank E. Beltzhoover (D)
• 20. Josiah D. Hicks (R)
• 21. Daniel B. Heiner (R)
• 22. John Dalzell (R)
• 23. William A. Stone (R)
• 24. William A. Sipe (D)
• 25. Thomas W. Phillips (R)
• 26. Joseph C. Sibley (D)
• 27. Charles W. Stone (R)
• 28. George F. Kribbs (D)
• At-large. Alexander McDowell (R)
• At-large. William Lilly (R), until December 1, 1893
  • Galusha A. Grow (R), from February 26, 1894

Rhode Island

• 1. Oscar Lapham (D)
• 2. Charles H. Page (D), from April 5, 1893

South Carolina

• 1. William H. Brawley (D), until February 12, 1894
  • James F. Izlar (D), from April 12, 1894
• 2. William J. Talbert (D)
• 3. Asbury C. Latimer (D)
• 4. George W. Shell (D)
• 5. Thomas J. Strait (D)
• 6. John L. McLaurin (D)
• 7. George W. Murray (R)

South Dakota

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. William V. Lucas (R)
• At-large. John A. Pickler (R)

Tennessee

• 1. Alfred A. Taylor (R)
• 2. John C. Houk (R)
• 3. Henry C. Snodgrass (D)
• 4. Benton McMillin (D)
• 5. James D. Richardson (D)
• 6. Joseph E. Washington (D)
• 7. Nicholas N. Cox (D)
• 8. Benjamin A. Enloe (D)
• 9. James C. McDearmon (D)
• 10. Josiah Patterson (D)

Texas

• 1. Joseph C. Hutcheson (D)
• 2. Samuel B. Cooper (D)
• 3. Constantine B. Kilgore (D)
• 4. David B. Culberson (D)
• 5. Joseph W. Bailey (D)
• 6. Joseph Abbott (D)
• 7. George C. Pendleton (D)
• 8. Charles K. Bell (D)
• 9. Joseph D. Sayers (D)
• 10. Walter Gresham (D)
• 11. William H. Crain (D)
• 12. Thomas M. Paschal (D)
• 13. Jeremiah V. Cockrell (D)

Vermont

• 1. H. Henry Powers (R)
• 2. William W. Grout (R)

Virginia

• 1. William A. Jones (D)
• 2. D. Gardiner Tyler (D)
• 3. George D. Wise (D)
• 4. James F. Epes (D)
• 5. Claude A. Swanson (D)
• 6. Paul C. Edmunds (D)
• 7. Charles T. O'Ferrall (D), until December 28, 1893
  • Smith S. Turner (D), from January 30, 1894
• 8. Elisha E. Meredith (D)
• 9. James W. Marshall (D)
• 10. Henry St. George Tucker III (D)

Washington

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. William H. Doolittle (R)
• At-large. John L. Wilson (R), until February 18, 1895

West Virginia

• 1. John O. Pendleton (D)
• 2. William L. Wilson (D)
• 3. John D. Alderson (D)
• 4. James Capehart (D)

Wisconsin

• 1. Henry Allen Cooper (R)
• 2. Charles Barwig (D)
• 3. Joseph W. Babcock (R)
• 4. Peter J. Somers (D), from August 27, 1893
• 5. George H. Brickner (D)
• 6. Owen A. Wells (D)
• 7. George B. Shaw (R), until August 27, 1894
  • Michael Griffin (R), from November 5, 1894
• 8. Lyman E. Barnes (D)
• 9. Thomas Lynch (D)
• 10. Nils P. Haugen (R)

Wyoming

• At-large. Henry A. Coffeen (D)

Delegates

• Arizona Territory. Marcus A. Smith (D)
• New Mexico Territory. Antonio Joseph (D)
• Oklahoma Territory. Dennis T. Flynn (R)
• Utah Territory. Joseph L. Rawlins (D)

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% to 100% Democratic	80+% to 100% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic	60+% to 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: 6
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
  • Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
• deaths: 4
• resignations: 8
• interim appointments: 2
• Total seats with changes: 12

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
Montana (1)	Vacant	Legislature had failed to elect. Successor elected January 16, 1895.	Lee Mantle (R)	January 16, 1895
Wyoming (1)	Vacant	Legislature had failed to elect. Successor was elected January 23, 1895.	Clarence D. Clark (R)	January 23, 1895
Washington (1)	Vacant	Legislature had failed to elect. John Allen was appointed to serve until March 20, 1893, but the Senate rejected his credentials. Successor elected February 1, 1895.	John L. Wilson (R)	February 19, 1895
California (3)	Leland Stanford (R)	Died June 21, 1893. Successor was appointed July 26, 1893, and elected January 23, 1895.	George C. Perkins (R)	July 26, 1893
Mississippi (2)	Edward C. Walthall (D)	Resigned January 24, 1894, due to ill health. Successor was elected.	Anselm J. McLaurin (D)	February 27, 1894
Louisiana (3)	Edward D. White (D)	Resigned March 12, 1894, to become Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Successor was appointed March 12, 1894, and subsequently elected May 23, 1894.	Newton C. Blanchard (D)	March 12, 1894
Georgia (2)	Alfred H. Colquitt (D)	Died March 26, 1894. Successor was appointed April 2, 1894, and subsequently elected November 7, 1894.	Patrick Walsh (D)	April 2, 1894
North Carolina (3)	Zebulon B. Vance (D)	Died April 14, 1894. Successor was appointed.	Thomas J. Jarvis (D)	April 19, 1894
Michigan (1)	Francis B. Stockbridge (R)	Died April 30, 1894. Successor was appointed.	John Patton Jr. (R)	May 5, 1894
Michigan (1)	John Patton Jr. (R)	Successor was elected January 14, 1895.	Julius C. Burrows (R)	January 24, 1895
North Carolina (3)	Thomas J. Jarvis (D)	Successor was elected January 23, 1895.	Jeter C. Pritchard (R)	January 23, 1895

House of Representatives

• replacements: 22
  • Democratic: 2 seat net gain
  • Republican: 2 seat net loss
• deaths: 11
• resignations: 13
• contested election: 3
• Total seats with changes: 30

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated
Rhode Island 2nd	Vacant	Late run-off election.	Charles H. Page (D)	April 5, 1893
Massachusetts 7th	Vacant	Rep. Henry Cabot Lodge resigned during previous congress	William Everett (D)	April 25, 1893
Wisconsin 4th	Vacant	Elected to finish term of Rep. John L. Mitchell who resigned during previous congress	Peter J. Somers (D)	August 27, 1893
Pennsylvania 8th	William Mutchler (D)	Died June 23, 1893	Howard Mutchler (D)	August 7, 1893
Ohio 10th	William H. Enochs (R)	Died July 13, 1893	Hezekiah S. Bundy (R)	December 4, 1893
Michigan 1st	J. Logan Chipman (D)	Died August 17, 1893	Levi T. Griffin (D)	December 4, 1893
Pennsylvania 2nd	Charles O'Neill (R)	Died November 25, 1893	Robert Adams Jr. (R)	December 19, 1893
Pennsylvania At-large	William Lilly (R)	Died December 1, 1893	Galusha A. Grow (R)	February 26, 1894
New York 15th	Ashbel P. Fitch (D)	Resigned December 26, 1893, after becoming New York City Comptroller	Isidor Straus (D)	December 30, 1894
Virginia 7th	Charles T. O'Ferrall (D)	Resigned December 28, 1893, after being elected Governor of Virginia	Smith S. Turner (D)	January 30, 1894
New York 14th	John R. Fellows (D)	Resigned December 31, 1893, after becoming District Attorney of New York City	Lemuel E. Quigg (R)	January 30, 1894
Ohio 3rd	George W. Houk (D)	Died February 9, 1894	Paul J. Sorg (D)	May 21, 1894
South Carolina 1st	William H. Brawley (D)	Resigned February 12, 1894, after being appointed judge for the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina	James F. Izlar (D)	April 12, 1894
Louisiana 4th	Newton C. Blanchard (D)	Resigned March 12, 1894, after being appointed to the U.S. Senate	Henry W. Ogden (D)	December 3, 1894
Missouri 11th	Charles F. Joy (R)	Election was successfully challenged April 3, 1894	John J. O'Neill (D)	April 3, 1894
California 3rd	Samuel G. Hilborn (R)	Election was successfully challenged April 4, 1894	Warren B. English (D)	May 12, 1894
Ohio 2nd	John A. Caldwell (R)	Resigned April 4, 1894, after becoming Mayor of Cincinnati	Jacob H. Bromwell (R)	December 3, 1894
Maryland 1st	Robert F. Bratton (D)	Died May 10, 1894	W. Laird Henry (D)	November 6, 1894
Maryland 5th	Barnes Compton (D)	Resigned May 15, 1894, after being appointed as a naval officer	Charles E. Coffin (R)	November 6, 1894
Kentucky 10th	Marcus C. Lisle (D)	Died July 7, 1894	William M. Beckner (D)	December 3, 1894
Kansas 2nd	Edward H. Funston (R)	Election was successfully challenged August 2, 1894	Horace L. Moore (D)	August 2, 1894
Arkansas 2nd	Clifton R. Breckinridge (D)	Resigned August 14, 1894, after being appointed Minister to Russia	John S. Little (D)	December 3, 1894
Wisconsin 7th	George B. Shaw (R)	Died August 27, 1894	Michael Griffin (R)	November 5, 1894
Alabama 3rd	William C. Oates (D)	Resigned November 5, 1894, after being elected Governor of Alabama	George P. Harrison, Jr. (D)	November 6, 1894
Pennsylvania 15th	Myron B. Wright (R)	Died November 13, 1894	Edwin J. Jorden (R)	February 23, 1895
New York 11th	Amos J. Cummings (D)	Resigned November 21, 1894	Vacant until next Congress
Kentucky 9th	Thomas H. Paynter (D)	Resigned January 5, 1895, after being elected judge for the Kentucky Court of Appeals	Vacant until next Congress
Illinois 10th	Philip S. Post (R)	Died January 6, 1895	Vacant until next Congress
Illinois At-large	John C. Black (D)	Resigned January 12, 1895, to become United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois	Vacant until next Congress
Michigan 3rd	Julius C. Burrows (R)	Resigned January 23, 1895, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Vacant until next Congress
Washington At-large	John L. Wilson (R)	Resigned February 18, 1895, after being elected to the U.S. Senate	Vacant until next Congress

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (6 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

• Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill)
• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: James Z. George)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Johnson N. Camden)
• Bribery Attempts Investigation (Special)
• Canadian Relations (Chairman: Edward Murphy, Jr.)
• Census (Chairman: David Turpie)
• Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Thomas J. Jarvis)
• Claims (Chairman: Samuel Pasco)
• Coast Defenses (Chairman: John B. Gordon)
• Commerce (Chairman: Matt W. Ransom)
• Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Select) (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Isham G. Harris)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: James H. Kyle)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: William B. Allison)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Donelson Caffery)
• Epidemic Diseases
• Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: Eppa Hunton)
• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: William A. Peffer)
• Finance (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees)
• Fisheries (Chairman: Richard Coke)
• Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Henry M. Teller)
• Ford Theater Disaster (Select) (Chairman: Isham G. Harris)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan)
• Forest Reservations (Select) (Chairman: William V. Allen)
• Geological Survey (Select) (Chairman: Anselm J. McLaurin)
• Immigration (Chairman: David B. Hill)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: James K. Jones)
• Indian Depredations (Chairman: William Lindsay)
• Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Matthew C. Butler)
• Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Stephen M. White)
• Judiciary (Chairman: James L. Pugh)
• Library (Chairman: Roger Q. Mills)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Charles H. Gibson)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: William B. Bate)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart)
• Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Newton C. Blanchard)
• National Banks (Select) (Chairman: John L. Mitchell)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: John R. McPherson)
• Nicaraguan Claims (Select)
• Organization, Conduct and Expeditures of Executive Departments (Chairman: James Smith, Jr.)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Calvin S. Brice)
• Patents (Chairman: Wilkinson Call)
• Pensions (Chairman: John M. Palmer)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: William F. Vilas)
• Potomac River Front (Select)
• Printing (Chairman: Arthur P. Gorman)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Eugene Hale)
• Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George Gray)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: George G. Vest)
• Public Distress (Select)
• Public Lands (Chairman: James H. Berry)
• Quadrocentennial (Select) (Chairman: Patrick Walsh)
• Railroads (Chairman: John Martin)
• Revision of the Laws (Chairman: John W. Daniel)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron)
• Rules (Chairman: Joseph C.S. Blackburn)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Territories (Chairman: Charles J. Faulkner)
• Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Orville H. Platt)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: John L.M. Irby)
• United States Senate Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Chairman: William N. Roach)
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: George F. Hoar)

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: Harry Welles Rusk)
• Agriculture (Chairman: William H. Hatch)
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman: Thomas Dunn English)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Joseph D. Sayers)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: William M. Springer)
• Claims (Chairman: Benjamin H. Bunn)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Richard P. Bland)
• Disposition of Executive Papers
• District of Columbia (Chairman: John T. Heard)
• Education (Chairman: Benjamin A. Enloe)
• Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Henry St. George Tucker)
• Elections (Chairman: Jason B. Brown)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Albert J. Pearson)
• Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Paul C. Edmunds)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Henry G. Turner)
• Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Richard D. Dunphy)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Benton McMillin)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: James A.D. Richards)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Rufus E. Lester)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Charles Barwig)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Alexander B. Montgomery)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: William H. Crain)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: James B. McCreary)
• Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Jacob A. Geissenhainer)
• Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: George W. Cooper)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: William S. Holman)
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: George D. Wise)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Augustus N. Martin)
• Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Culberson)
• Labor (Chairman: Lawrence E. McGann)
• Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: John M. Allen)
• Library (Chairman: Franklin Bartlett)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Charles H. Page)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: George W. Fithian)
• Mileage (Chairman: Thomas Lynch)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph H. Outhwaite)
• Militia (Chairman: Adolph Meyer)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: Thomas A.E. Weadock)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Jacob A. Geissenhainer)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: James B. Reilly)
• Patents (Chairman: James W. Covert)
• Pensions (Chairman: Charles L. Moses)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John S. Henderson)
• Printing (Chairman: James D. Richardson)
• United States House Committee on Private Land Claims (Chairman: John O. Pendleton)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: John H. Bankhead)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Thomas Chipman McRae)
• Railways and Canals (Chairman: Seth W. Cobb)
• Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Robert E. De Forest)
• Revision of Laws (Chairman: William T. Ellis)
• Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Thomas C. Catchings)
• Rules (Chairman: Charles F. Crisp)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: Joseph Wheeler)
• Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: George W. Shell)
• War Claims (Chairman: Frank E. Beltzhoover)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: William L. Wilson)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Celebrate the Cenntennial of the Laying of the Capitol Cornerstone
• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Dedication of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
• Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
• Ford's Theater Disaster
• Naval Affairs
• Naval Personnel

Caucuses

• Democratic (House)
• Democratic (Senate)

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
• Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
• Public Printer of the United States: Frank W. Palmer (until 1894), Thomas E. Benedict (starting 1894)

Senate

• Chaplain of the Senate: William H. Millburn (Methodist)
• Secretary of the Senate: Anson G. McCook
  • William Ruffin Cox, elected April 6, 1893
• Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: Edward K. Valentine
  • Richard J. Bright, elected August 8, 1893

House of Representatives

• Chaplain of the House
  • Samuel W. Haddaway (Methodist)
  • Edward B. Bagby (Christian), elected December 4, 1893
• Clerk of the House: James Kerr
• Doorkeeper of the House: Alvin B. Hurt
• Postmaster of the House: Lycurgus Dalton
• Reading Clerks: [data missing]
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Charles R. Crisp
• Sergeant at Arms of the House: Herman W. Snow

See also

• United States elections, 1892 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • 1892 United States presidential election
  • United States Senate elections, 1892
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1892
• United States elections, 1894 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1894
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1894

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
• Official Congressional Directory for the 53rd Congress, Extraordinary Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 53rd Congress, 1st Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 53rd Congress, 2nd Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 53rd Congress, 2nd Session (1st Revision).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 53rd Congress, 2nd Session (2nd Revision).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 53rd Congress, 2nd Session (3rd Revision).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 53rd Congress, 3rd Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 53rd Congress, 3rd Session (Revision).