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57th United States Congress

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57th United States Congress
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March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903
Members90 senators
357 representatives
5 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityRepublican
Senate PresidentTheodore Roosevelt (until September 14, 1901)
Vacant (from September 14, 1901)
House majorityRepublican
House SpeakerDavid B. Henderson
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1901 – March 9, 1901
1st: December 2, 1901 – July 1, 1902
2nd: December 1, 1902 – March 3, 1903

The Fifty-seventh 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, 1901 to March 4, 1903, during the final six months of William McKinley's presidency, and the first year and a half of the first administration of his successor, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. 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 Republican majority.

Major events

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate

Party
(shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic
(D)
Populist
(P)
Republican
(R)
Silver
(S)
Silver
Republican

(SR)
End of previous congress 23 7 54 2 2 88 2
Begin 28 2 53 0 3 86 4
End 56 891
Final voting share 31.5% 2.2% 62.9% 0.0% 3.4%
Beginning of next congress 33 0 55 0 2 90 0

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 357

Leadership

President of the Senate
Theodore Roosevelt

Senate

House of Representatives

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Members

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

Senate

At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. The Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, precede the names in the list below. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1904; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1906; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1902.

House of Representatives

Changes in Membership

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

References

  1. ^ "SENATORS FIGHT ON SENATE FLOOR; McLaurin and Tillman of South Carolina Come to Blows. BOTH ADJUDGED IN CONTEMPT They Apologize, but Committee Will Pass on the Affair. Fisticuffs Followed McLaurin's Assertion That Tillman Had Lied About Him in the Course of Philippine Debate". The New York Times. February 23, 1902.