54th United States Congress

54th United States Congress
53rd ← → 55th
United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897
Members	90 senators 357 representatives 4 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Republican (plurality)
Senate President	Adlai E. Stevenson (D)
House majority	Republican
House Speaker	Thomas B. Reed (R)
Sessions
1st: December 2, 1895 – June 11, 1896 2nd: December 7, 1896 – March 3, 1897

The Fifty-fourth 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, 1895, to March 4, 1897, during the last two years of Grover Cleveland's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eleventh Census of the United States in 1890. The House had a Republican majority, and the Republicans were the largest party in the Senate.

Major events

Main articles: 1895 in the United States, 1896 in the United States, and 1897 in the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 54th United States Congress

• May 21, 1896: Oil Pipe Line Act, ch. 212, 29 Stat. 127 (43 U.S.C. § 962 et seq.)
• May 22, 1896: Condemned Cannon Act, 29 Stat. 133
• May 28, 1896: United States Commissioners Act, 29 Stat. 184
• June 1, 1896: Married Women's Rights Act (District of Columbia), 29 Stat. 193
• June 6, 1896: Filled Cheese Act, 29 Stat. 253
• January 13, 1897: Stock Reservoir Act, 29 Stat. 484, (43 U.S.C. § 952 et seq.)
• March 2, 1897: Tea Importation Act, 29 Stat. 604, (21 U.S.C. § 41 et seq.)

States admitted

• January 4, 1896: Utah was admitted the 45th state.

Party summary

Senate composition, by party:

  Democratic

  Republican

  One Democratic, one Republican

  Populist

  Silver

This count 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 Republican (SR)	Silver (S)
End of previous congress	43	3	41	0	1	88	0
Begin	39	4	42	0	2	87	1
End	40		44			90	0
Final voting share	44.4%	4.4%	48.9%	0.0%	2.2%
Beginning of next congress	33	5	43	5	2	88	2

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Populist (P)	Republican (R)	Silver (S)	Other (O)
End of previous congress	214	11	123	1	1	350	6
Begin	104	7	240	1	0	352	4
End	94	9	252			356	1
Final voting share	26.4%	2.5%	70.8%	0.3%	0.0%
Beginning of next congress	126	22	202	1	4	355	2

Leadership

President of the Senate
Adlai E. Stevenson

Speaker of the House
Thomas B. Reed

Senate

• President: Adlai E. Stevenson (D)
• President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Democratic Caucus Chairman: Arthur P. Gorman
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Charles James Faulkner

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Thomas B. Reed (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Republican Conference Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor

Minority (Democratic) leadership

• Democratic Caucus Chairman: David B. Culberson

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and Representatives are listed by district.

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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 the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring 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. George C. Perkins (R)

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. Richard R. Kenney (D), from January 19, 1897

Florida

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

Georgia

• 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)
• 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. John H. Gear (R)
• 3. William B. Allison (R)

Kansas

• 2. Lucien Baker (R)
• 3. William A. Peffer (P)

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

• 2. Donelson Caffery (D)
• 3. Newton C. Blanchard (D)

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. Julius C. Burrows (R)
• 2. James McMillan (R)

Minnesota

• 1. Cushman K. Davis (R)
• 2. Knute Nelson (R)

Mississippi

• 1. James Z. George (D)
• 2. Edward C. Walthall (D)

Missouri

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

Montana

• 1. Lee Mantle (R)
• 2. Thomas H. Carter (R)

Nebraska

• 1. William V. Allen (P)
• 2. John M. Thurston (R)

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

• 1. James Smith, Jr. (D)
• 2. William J. Sewell (R)

New York

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

North Carolina

• 2. Marion Butler (P)
• 3. Jeter C. Pritchard (R)

North Dakota

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

Ohio

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

Oregon

• 2. George W. McBride (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. George P. Wetmore (R)

South Carolina

• 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (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. Horace Chilton (D)

Utah

• 1. Frank J. Cannon (R), from January 22, 1896
• 3. Arthur Brown (R), from January 22, 1896

Vermont

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

Virginia

• 1. John W. Daniel (D)
• 2. Thomas S. Martin (D)

Washington

• 1. John L. Wilson (R)
• 3. Watson C. Squire (R)

West Virginia

• 1. Charles J. Faulkner (D)
• 2. Stephen B. Elkins (R)

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

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

House of Representatives

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

Alabama

• 1. Richard H. Clarke (D)
• 2. Jesse F. Stallings (D)
• 3. George P. Harrison (D)
• 4. Gaston A. Robbins (D), until March 13, 1896
  • William F. Aldrich (R), from March 13, 1896
• 5. James E. Cobb (D), until April 21, 1896
  • Albert T. Goodwyn (P), from April 22, 1896
• 6. John H. Bankhead (D)
• 7. Milford W. Howard (P)
• 8. Joseph Wheeler (D)
• 9. Oscar Underwood (D), until June 9, 1896
  • Truman H. Aldrich (R), from June 9, 1896

Arkansas

• 1. Philip D. McCulloch, Jr. (D)
• 2. John S. Little (D)
• 3. Thomas C. McRae (D)
• 4. William L. Terry (D)
• 5. Hugh A. Dinsmore (D)
• 6. Robert Neill (D)

California

• 1. John A. Barham (R)
• 2. Grove L. Johnson (R)
• 3. Samuel G. Hilborn (R)
• 4. James G. Maguire (D)
• 5. Eugene F. Loud (R)
• 6. James McLachlan (R)
• 7. William W. Bowers (R)

Colorado

• 1. John F. Shafroth (R)
• 2. John C. Bell (P)

Connecticut

• 1. E. Stevens Henry (R)
• 2. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)
• 3. Charles A. Russell (R)
• 4. Ebenezer J. Hill (R)

Delaware

• At-large. Jonathan S. Willis (R)

Florida

• 1. Stephen M. Sparkman (D)
• 2. Charles M. Cooper (D)

Georgia

• 1. Rufus E. Lester (D)
• 2. Benjamin E. Russell (D)
• 3. Charles F. Crisp (D), until October 23, 1896
  • Charles R. Crisp (D), from December 19, 1896
• 4. Charles L. Moses (D)
• 5. Leonidas F. Livingston (D)
• 6. Charles L. Bartlett (D)
• 7. John W. Maddox (D)
• 8. Thomas G. Lawson (D)
• 9. Farish C. Tate (D)
• 10. James C. C. Black (D), until March 4, 1895
  • James C. C. Black (D), from October 2, 1895
• 11. Henry G. Turner (D)

Idaho

• At-large. Edgar Wilson (R)

Illinois

• 1. J. Frank Aldrich (R)
• 2. William Lorimer (R)
• 3. Lawrence E. McGann (D), until December 27, 1895
  • Hugh R. Belknap (R), from December 27, 1895
• 4. Charles W. Woodman (R)
• 5. George E. White (R)
• 6. Edward D. Cooke (R)
• 7. George E. Foss (R)
• 8. Albert J. Hopkins (R)
• 9. Robert R. Hitt (R)
• 10. George W. Prince (R), from December 2, 1895
• 11. Walter Reeves (R)
• 12. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
• 13. Vespasian Warner (R)
• 14. Joseph V. Graff (R)
• 15. Benjamin F. Marsh (R)
• 16. Finis E. Downing (D), until June 5, 1896
  • John I. Rinaker (R), from June 5, 1896
• 17. James A. Connolly (R)
• 18. Frederick Remann (R), until July 14, 1895
  • William F. L. Hadley (R), from December 2, 1895
• 19. Benson Wood (R)
• 20. Orlando Burrell (R)
• 21. Everett J. Murphy (R)
• 22. George Washington Smith (R)

Indiana

• 1. James A. Hemenway (R)
• 2. Alexander M. Hardy (R)
• 3. Robert J. Tracewell (R)
• 4. James E. Watson (R)
• 5. Jesse Overstreet (R)
• 6. Henry U. Johnson (R)
• 7. Charles L. Henry (R)
• 8. George W. Faris (R)
• 9. J. Frank Hanly (R)
• 10. Jethro A. Hatch (R)
• 11. George W. Steele (R)
• 12. Jacob D. Leighty (R)
• 13. Lemuel W. Royse (R)

Iowa

• 1. Samuel M. Clark (R)
• 2. George M. Curtis (R)
• 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. Orrin L. Miller (R)
• 3. Snyder S. Kirkpatrick (R)
• 4. Charles Curtis (R)
• 5. William A. Calderhead (R)
• 6. William Baker (P)
• 7. Chester I. Long (R)
• At-large. Richard W. Blue (R)

Kentucky

• 1. John K. Hendrick (D)
• 2. John D. Clardy (D)
• 3. W. Godfrey Hunter (R)
• 4. John W. Lewis (R)
• 5. Walter Evans (R)
• 6. Albert S. Berry (D)
• 7. William C. Owens (D)
• 8. James B. McCreary (D)
• 9. Samuel J. Pugh (R)
• 10. Joseph M. Kendall (D), until February 18, 1897
  • Nathan T. Hopkins (R), from February 18, 1897
• 11. David G. Colson (R)

Louisiana

• 1. Adolph Meyer (D)
• 2. Charles F. Buck (D)
• 3. Andrew Price (D)
• 4. Henry W. Ogden (D)
• 5. Charles J. Boatner (D), until March 20, 1896
  • Charles J. Boatner (D), from June 10, 1896
• 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. Joshua W. Miles (D)
• 2. William B. Baker (R)
• 3. Henry W. Rusk (D)
• 4. John K. Cowen (D)
• 5. Charles E. Coffin (R)
• 6. George L. Wellington (R)

Massachusetts

• 1. Ashley B. Wright (R)
• 2. Frederick H. Gillett (R)
• 3. Joseph H. Walker (R)
• 4. Lewis D. Apsley (R)
• 5. William S. Knox (R)
• 6. William Cogswell (R), until May 22, 1895
  • William H. Moody (R), from November 5, 1895
• 7. William E. Barrett (R)
• 8. Samuel W. McCall (R)
• 9. John F. Fitzgerald (D)
• 10. Harrison H. Atwood (R)
• 11. William F. Draper (R)
• 12. Elijah A. Morse (R)
• 13. John Simpkins (R)

Michigan

• 1. John B. Corliss (R)
• 2. George Spalding (R)
• 3. Alfred Milnes (R), from December 2, 1895
• 4. Henry F. Thomas (R)
• 5. William Alden Smith (R)
• 6. David D. Aitken (R)
• 7. Horace G. Snover (R)
• 8. William S. Linton (R)
• 9. Roswell P. Bishop (R)
• 10. Rousseau O. Crump (R)
• 11. John Avery (R)
• 12. Samuel M. Stephenson (R)

Minnesota

• 1. James Albertus Tawney (R)
• 2. James McCleary (R)
• 3. Joel Heatwole (R)
• 4. Andrew Kiefer (R)
• 5. Loren Fletcher (R)
• 6. Charles A. Towne (R)
• 7. Frank Eddy (R)

Mississippi

• 1. John M. Allen (D)
• 2. John Kyle (D)
• 3. Thomas C. Catchings (D)
• 4. Hernando Money (D)
• 5. John Sharp Williams (D)
• 6. Walter McKennon Denny (D)
• 7. James G. Spencer (D)

Missouri

• 1. Charles N. Clark (R)
• 2. Uriel S. Hall (D)
• 3. Alexander M. Dockery (D)
• 4. George C. Crowther (R)
• 5. John C. Tarsney (D), until February 27, 1896
  • Robert T. Van Horn (R), from February 27, 1896
• 6. David A. De Armond (D)
• 7. John P. Tracey (R)
• 8. Joel D. Hubbard (R)
• 9. William M. Treloar (R)
• 10. Richard Bartholdt (R)
• 11. Charles F. Joy (R)
• 12. Seth W. Cobb (D)
• 13. John H. Raney (R)
• 14. Norman A. Mozley (R)
• 15. Charles G. Burton (R)

Montana

• At-large. Charles S. Hartman (R)

Nebraska

• 1. Jesse B. Strode (R)
• 2. David H. Mercer (R)
• 3. George D. Meiklejohn (R)
• 4. Eugene J. Hainer (R)
• 5. William E. Andrews (R)
• 6. Omer M. Kem (P)

Nevada

• At-large. Francis G. Newlands (S)

New Hampshire

• 1. Cyrus A. Sulloway (R)
• 2. Henry M. Baker (R)

New Jersey

• 1. Henry C. Loudenslager (R)
• 2. John J. Gardner (R)
• 3. Benjamin F. Howell (R)
• 4. Mahlon Pitney (R)
• 5. James F. Stewart (R)
• 6. Richard Wayne Parker (R)
• 7. Thomas McEwan, Jr. (R)
• 8. Charles N. Fowler (R)

New York

• 1. Richard Cunningham McCormick (R)
• 2. Denis M. Hurley (R)
• 3. Francis H. Wilson (R)
• 4. Israel F. Fischer (R)
• 5. Charles G. Bennett (R)
• 6. James R. Howe (R)
• 7. Franklin Bartlett (D)
• 8. James J. Walsh (D), until June 2, 1896
  • John M. Mitchell (R), from June 2, 1896
• 9. Henry C. Miner (D)
• 10. Amos J. Cummings (D) from November 5, 1895
• 11. William Sulzer (D)
• 12. George B. McClellan Jr. (D)
• 13. Richard C. Shannon (R)
• 14. Lemuel E. Quigg (R)
• 15. Philip B. Low (R)
• 16. Benjamin L. Fairchild (R)
• 17. Benjamin Odell (R)
• 18. Jacob LeFever (R)
• 19. Frank S. Black (R), until January 7, 1897
• 20. George N. Southwick (R)
• 21. David F. Wilber (R)
• 22. Newton Martin Curtis (R)
• 23. Wallace T. Foote Jr. (R)
• 24. Charles A. Chickering (R)
• 25. James S. Sherman (R)
• 26. George W. Ray (R)
• 27. Theodore L. Poole (R)
• 28. Sereno E. Payne (R)
• 29. Charles W. Gillet (R)
• 30. James Wolcott Wadsworth (R)
• 31. Henry C. Brewster (R)
• 32. Rowland B. Mahany (R)
• 33. Charles Daniels (R)
• 34. Warren B. Hooker (R)

North Carolina

• 1. Harry Skinner (P)
• 2. Frederick A. Woodard (D)
• 3. John G. Shaw (D)
• 4. William F. Strowd (P)
• 5. Thomas Settle, III (R)
• 6. James A. Lockhart (D), until June 5, 1896
  • Charles H. Martin (P), from June 5, 1896
• 7. Alonzo C. Shuford (P)
• 8. Romulus Z. Linney (R)
• 9. Richmond Pearson (R)

North Dakota

• At-large. Martin N. Johnson (R)

Ohio

• 1. Charles P. Taft (R)
• 2. Jacob H. Bromwell (R)
• 3. Paul J. Sorg (D)
• 4. Fernando C. Layton (D)
• 5. Francis B. De Witt (R)
• 6. George W. Hulick (R)
• 7. George W. Wilson (R)
• 8. Luther M. Strong (R)
• 9. James H. Southard (R)
• 10. Lucien J. Fenton (R)
• 11. Charles H. Grosvenor (R)
• 12. David K. Watson (R)
• 13. Stephen R. Harris (R)
• 14. Winfield S. Kerr (R)
• 15. Henry C. Van Voorhis (R)
• 16. Lorenzo Danford (R)
• 17. Addison S. McClure (R)
• 18. Robert W. Tayler (R)
• 19. Stephen A. Northway (R)
• 20. Clifton B. Beach (R)
• 21. Theodore E. Burton (R)

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

• 1. Henry H. Bingham (R)
• 2. Robert Adams, Jr. (R)
• 3. Frederick Halterman (R)
• 4. John E. Reyburn (R)
• 5. Alfred C. Harmer (R)
• 6. John B. Robinson (R)
• 7. Irving P. Wanger (R)
• 8. Joseph J. Hart (D)
• 9. Constantine J. Erdman (D)
• 10. Marriott Brosius (R)
• 11. Joseph A. Scranton (R)
• 12. John Leisenring (R)
• 13. Charles N. Brumm (R)
• 14. Ephraim M. Woomer (R)
• 15. James H. Codding (R), from November 5, 1895
• 16. Fred C. Leonard (R)
• 17. Monroe H. Kulp (R)
• 18. Thaddeus M. Mahon (R)
• 19. James A. Stahle (R)
• 20. Josiah D. Hicks (R)
• 21. Daniel B. Heiner (R)
• 22. John Dalzell (R)
• 23. William A. Stone (R)
• 24. Ernest F. Acheson (R)
• 25. Thomas W. Phillips (R)
• 26. Matthew Griswold (R)
• 27. Charles W. Stone (R)
• 28. William C. Arnold (R)
• At-large. Galusha A. Grow (R)
• At-large. George F. Huff (R)

Rhode Island

• 1. Melville Bull (R)
• 2. Warren O. Arnold (R)

South Carolina

• 1. William Elliott (D), until June 4, 1896
  • George W. Murray (R), from June 4, 1896
• 2. William J. Talbert (D)
• 3. Asbury C. Latimer (D)
• 4. Stanyarne Wilson (D)
• 5. Thomas J. Strait (D)
• 6. John L. McLaurin (D)
• 7. J. William Stokes (D), until June 1, 1896
  • J. William Stokes (D), from November 3, 1896

South Dakota

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(2 Republicans)

• At-large. Robert J. Gamble (R)
• At-large. John Pickler (R)

Tennessee

• 1. William C. Anderson (R)
• 2. Henry R. Gibson (R)
• 3. Foster V. Brown (R)
• 4. Benton McMillin (D)
• 5. James D. Richardson (D)
• 6. Joseph E. Washington (D)
• 7. Nicholas N. Cox (D)
• 8. John E. McCall (R)
• 9. James C. McDearmon (D)
• 10. Josiah Patterson (D)

Texas

• 1. Joseph C. Hutcheson (D)
• 2. Samuel B. Cooper (D)
• 3. Charles H. Yoakum (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. Miles Crowley (D)
• 11. William H. Crain (D), until February 10, 1896
  • Rudolph Kleberg (D), from April 7, 1896
• 12. George H. Noonan (R)
• 13. Jeremiah V. Cockrell (D)

Utah

• At-large. Clarence E. Allen (R), from January 4, 1896

Vermont

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

Virginia

• 1. William A. Jones (D)
• 2. D. Gardiner Tyler (D)
• 3. Tazewell Ellett (D)
• 4. William R. McKenney (D), until May 2, 1896
  • Robert T. Thorp (R), from May 2, 1896
• 5. Claude A. Swanson (D)
• 6. Peter J. Otey (D)
• 7. Smith S. Turner (D)
• 8. Elisha E. Meredith (D)
• 9. James A. Walker (R)
• 10. Henry St. George Tucker III (D)

Washington

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(2 Republicans)

• At-large. William H. Doolittle (R)
• At-large. Samuel C. Hyde (R)

West Virginia

• 1. Blackburn B. Dovener (R)
• 2. Alston G. Dayton (R)
• 3. James H. Huling (R)
• 4. Warren Miller (R)

Wisconsin

• 1. Henry Allen Cooper (R)
• 2. Edward Sauerhering (R)
• 3. Joseph W. Babcock (R)
• 4. Theobald Otjen (R)
• 5. Samuel S. Barney (R)
• 6. Samuel A. Cook (R)
• 7. Michael Griffin (R)
• 8. Edward S. Minor (R)
• 9. Alexander Stewart (R)
• 10. John J. Jenkins (R)

Wyoming

• At-large. Franklin W. Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

• Arizona Territory. Nathan O. Murphy (R)
• New Mexico Territory. Thomas B. Catron (R)
• Oklahoma Territory. Dennis T. Flynn (R)
• Utah Territory. Frank J. Cannon (R), until January 4, 1896

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

Two seats were added when Utah was admitted and one seat was filled late.

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for Vacancy	Subsequent	Date of successor's installation
Utah (1)	New seat	State was admitted to the Union	Frank J. Cannon (R)	January 22, 1896
Utah (3)	New seat	State was admitted to the Union	Arthur Brown (R)	January 22, 1896
Delaware (2)	Vacant	Legislature had failed to elect. A successor was eventually elected	Richard R. Kenney (D)	January 19, 1897

House of Representatives

There were 4 deaths, 2 resignations, 13 election challenges, 1 new seat, and 4 seats vacant from the previous Congress. Democrats had a 10-seat net loss; Republicans had a 12-seat net gain; and Populists had a 2-seat net gain.

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated
New York 10	Vacant	Representative-elect Andrew J. Campbell died before the start of Congress. New member elected November 5, 1895.	Amos J. Cummings (D)	November 5, 1895
Illinois 10	Vacant	Philip S. Post (R) was re-elected, but died before this Congress. New member elected December 2, 1895.	George W. Prince (R)	December 2, 1895
Michigan 3	Vacant	Julius C. Burrows (R) was re-elected, but resigned in the previous Congress to serve in the Senate. New member elected December 2, 1895.	Alfred Milnes (R)	December 2, 1895
Pennsylvania 15	Vacant	Rep-elect Myron B. Wright died in office. New member elected November 5, 1895.	James H. Codding (R)	November 5, 1895
Utah Territory at-large	Frank J. Cannon (R)	Seat eliminated January 4, 1896 upon statehood.	Seat eliminated
Utah at-large	New seat	State was admitted to the Union. New member elected November 5, 1895.	Clarence E. Allen (R)	January 4, 1896
Georgia 10	James C. C. Black (D)	Resigned March 4, 1895. Incumbent was subsequently re-elected October 2, 1895.	James C. C. Black (D)	October 2, 1895
Massachusetts 6	William Cogswell (R)	Died May 22, 1895. New member elected November 5, 1895.	William H. Moody (R)	November 5, 1895
Illinois 18	Frederick Remann (R)	Died July 14, 1895. New member elected December 2, 1895.	William F. L. Hadley (R)	December 2, 1895
Illinois 3	Lawrence E. McGann (D)	Election was successfully challenged December 27, 1895.	Hugh R. Belknap (R)	December 27, 1895
Texas 11	William H. Crain (D)	Died February 10, 1896. New member elected April 7, 1896.	Rudolph Kleberg (D)	April 7, 1896
Missouri 5	John C. Tarsney (D)	Election was successfully challenged February 27, 1896.	Robert T. Van Horn (R)	February 27, 1896
Alabama 4	Gaston A. Robbins (D)	Election was successfully challenged March 13, 1896.	William F. Aldrich (R)	March 13, 1896
Virginia 4	William R. McKenney (D)	Election was successfully challenged May 2, 1896.	Robert T. Thorp (R)	May 2, 1896
Louisiana 5	Charles J. Boatner (D)	Election was challenged and declared vacant March 20, 1896. Incumbent was subsequently elected June 10, 1896.	Charles J. Boatner (D)	June 10, 1896
Alabama 5	James E. Cobb (D)	Election was successfully challenged April 21, 1896.	Albert T. Goodwyn (P)	April 22, 1896
South Carolina 7	J. William Stokes (D)	Seat declared vacant June 1, 1896. Incumbent was subsequently elected November 3, 1896.	J. William Stokes (D)	November 3, 1896
New York 8	James J. Walsh (D)	Election was successfully challenged June 2, 1896.	John M. Mitchell (R)	June 2, 1896
South Carolina 1	William Elliott (D)	Election was successfully challenged June 4, 1896.	George W. Murray (R)	June 4, 1896
Illinois 16	Finis E. Downing (D)	Election was successfully challenged June 5, 1896.	John I. Rinaker (R)	June 5, 1896
North Carolina 6	James A. Lockhart (D)	Election was successfully challenged June 5, 1896.	Charles H. Martin (P)	June 5, 1896
Alabama 9	Oscar W. Underwood (D)	Election was successfully challenged June 9, 1896.	Truman H. Aldrich (R)	June 9, 1896
Georgia 3	Charles F. Crisp (D)	Died October 23, 1896. New member elected December 19, 1896.	Charles R. Crisp (D)	December 19, 1896
New York 19	Frank S. Black (R)	Resigned January 7, 1897.	Vacant until next Congress
Kentucky 10	Joseph M. Kendall (D)	Election was successfully challenged February 18, 1897.	Nathan T. Hopkins (R)	February 18, 1897

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 (4 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: Daniel W. Voorhees)
• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Redfield Proctor)
• Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones)
• Canadian Relations (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter)
• Census (Chairman: William E. Chandler)
• Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Jeter C. Pritchard)
• Claims (Chairman: Watson C. Squire)
• Coast Defenses (Chairman: Watson C. Squire)
• Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye)
• Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: James K. Jones)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: James McMillan)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: George L. Shoup)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell)
• Epidemic Diseases
• Establish a University in the United States (Select)
• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: James H. Kyle)
• Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill)
• Fisheries (Chairman: George C. Perkins)
• Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: George Gray)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: John Sherman)
• Forest Reservations (Select) (Chairman: William V. Allen)
• Geological Survey (Select) (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins)
• Immigration (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Richard F. Pettigrew)
• Indian Depredations (Chairman: John L. Wilson)
• International Expositions (Select) (Chairman: John M. Thurston)
• Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom)
• Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Francis E. Warren)
• Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Hoar)
• Library (Chairman: Henry C. Hansbrough)
• Manufactures (Chairman: George P. Wetmore)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart)
• Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Knute Nelson)
• National Banks (Select) (Chairman: Lee Mantle)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron)
• Nicaragua Canal (Select) (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan)
• Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman: Marion Butler)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: John H. Gear)
• Patents (Chairman: Orville H. Platt)
• Pensions (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott)
• Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman: James Z. George)
• Printing (Chairman: Eugene Hale)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Isham G. Harris)
• Privileges and Elections (Chairman: John H. Mitchell)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay)
• Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: George S. Vest)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Fred T. Dubois)
• Railroads (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark)
• Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: James L. Pugh)
• Rules (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Tennessee Centennial Exposition (Select)
• Territories (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis)
• Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Joseph C.S. Blackburn)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: George W. McBride)
• Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: Lucien Baker)
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Wilkinson Call) (Select)

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: J. Frank Aldrich)
• Agriculture (Chairman: James W. Wadsworth)
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Elijah A. Morse)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Joseph H. Walker)
• Claims (Chairman: Charles N. Brumm)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Charles W. Stone)
• Disposition of Executive Papers
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock)
• Education (Chairman: Galusha A. Grow)
• Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Newton Martin Curtis)
• Elections (Chairman: Charles Daniels)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Alva L. Hager)
• Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles W. Gillet)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Charles Curtis)
• Expenditures in the Justice Department(Chairman: William R. Ellis)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Henry F. Thomas)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Henry H. Bingham)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Lemuel E. Quigg)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William W. Grout)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas Settle)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert R. Hitt)
• Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt)
• Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Binger Hermann)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman)
• Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John A. Pickler)
• Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Henderson)
• Labor (Chairman: Thomas W. Phillips)
• Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: George W. Ray)
• Library (Chairman: Alfred C. Harmer)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Lewis D. Apsley)
• Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne)
• Mileage (Chairman: Ashley B. Wright)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull)
• Militia (Chairman: Benjamin F. Marsh)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: David D. Aitken)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Charles A. Boutelle)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: H. Henry Powers)
• Patents (Chairman: William F. Draper)
• Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Eugene F. Loud)
• Printing (Chairman: George D. Perkins)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: George W. Smith)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Seth L. Milliken)
• Public Lands (Chairman: John F. Lacey)
• Railways and Canals (Chairman: Charles A. Chickering)
• Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Marriott Brosius)
• Revision of Laws (Chairman: William W. Bowers)
• Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Warren B. Hooker)
• Rules (Chairman: Thomas B. Reed)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: Joseph A. Scranton)
• Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: William S. Linton)
• War Claims (Chairman: Thaddeus M. Mahon)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: Nelson Dingley)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Alcohol in the Arts (Select)
• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
• Investigate Charities and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia
• Ford's Theater Disaster

Caucuses

• Democratic (House)
• Democratic (Senate)

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
• Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
• Public Printer of the United States: Thomas E. Benedict

Senate

• Chaplain: William H. Millburn (Methodist)
• Secretary: William Ruffin Cox
• Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Henry N. Couden (Universalist)
• Clerk: Alexander McDowell
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Asher C. Hinds
• Doorkeeper: William J. Glenn
• Postmaster: Joseph C. McElroy
• Reading Clerks: [data missing]
• Sergeant at Arms: Benjamin F. Russell

See also

• United States elections, 1894 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1894 and 1895
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1894
• United States elections, 1896 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • 1896 United States presidential election
  • United States Senate elections, 1896 and 1897
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1896

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 54th Congress, 1st Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 54th Congress, 1st Session (Revision).
• Official Congressional Directory for the 54th Congress, 2nd Session.
• Official Congressional Directory for the 54th Congress, 2nd Session (Revision).