60th United States Congress

60th United States Congress
60th United States Congress
59th ← → 61st
	United States Capitol (1906)
March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909
Members	92 senators; 391 representatives; 6 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Republican
Senate President	Charles W. Fairbanks
House majority	Republican
House Speaker	Joseph G. Cannon
Sessions
	1st: December 2, 1907 – May 30, 1908; 2nd: December 7, 1908 – March 3, 1909

The Sixtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1907 to March 4, 1909, during the last two years of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events

Major legislation

May 30, 1908 — Aldrich-Vreeland Act, ch. 229, 35 Stat. 546
1908 — The Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), 5645 U.S.C. § 51 et seq.^[1]

States admitted

November 16, 1907: Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state.

Party summary

Senate

Republican (R): 61 (majority)
Democratic (D): 29

TOTAL members: 90

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 391

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Speaker: Joseph G. Cannon (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Minority Leader: John Sharp Williams until the year 1908; Champ Clark starting the year 1908
Minority Whip: James T. Lloyd until the year 1908; vacant thereafter

Members

Senate

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

Alabama

2. John T. Morgan (D), died June 11, 1907

John H. Bankhead (D), appointed June 18, 1907

3. Edmund Pettus (D), died July 27, 1907

Joseph F. Johnston (D), appointed August 8, 1907

Florida

3. Stephen Mallory (D), died December 23, 1907

William J. Bryan (D), appointed December 27, 1907, died March 22, 1908

William Hall Milton (D), appointed March 27, 1908

1. James Taliaferro (D)

Georgia

2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)
3. Alexander S. Clay (D)

Idaho

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

Illinois

2. Shelby M. Cullom (R)
3. Albert J. Hopkins (R)

Indiana

1. Albert J. Beveridge (R)
3. James A. Hemenway (R)

Iowa

3. William B. Allison (R), died August 4, 1908
- Albert B. Cummins (R), appointed November 24, 1908
2. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)

Kansas

3. Chester I. Long (R)
2. Charles Curtis (R)

Kentucky

3. James B. McCreary (D)
2. Thomas H. Paynter (D)

Louisiana

3. Samuel D. McEnery (D)
2. Murphy J. Foster (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

1. Isidor Rayner (D)
3. William P. Whyte (D), died March 17, 1908
- John W. Smith (D), appointed March 25, 1908

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

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

Minnesota

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

Mississippi

1. Hernando D. Money (D)
2. Anselm J. McLaurin (D)

Missouri

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

Montana

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

Nebraska

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

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

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

New York

3. Thomas C. Platt (R)
1. Chauncey M. Depew (R)

North Carolina

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

North Dakota

3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)
1. Porter J. McCumber (R)

Ohio

3. Joseph B. Foraker (R)
1: Charles W. F. Dick (R)

Oklahoma

3. Thomas P. Gore (D), newly admitted state, seated December 11, 1907
2. Robert L. Owen (D), newly admitted state, seated December 11, 1907

Oregon

3. Charles W. Fulton (R)
2. Jonathan Bourne, Jr. (R)

Pennsylvania

3. Boies Penrose (R)
1. Philander C. Knox (R)

Rhode Island

1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
2. George P. Wetmore (R), from January 22, 1908

South Carolina

2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
3. Asbury C. Latimer (D), died February 20, 1908
- Frank B. Gary (D), appointed March 6, 1908

South Dakota

2. Robert J. Gamble (R)
3. Alfred B. Kittredge (R)

Tennessee

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

Texas

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

Utah

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

Vermont

1. Redfield Proctor (R), died March 4, 1908
- John W. Stewart (R), appointed March 24, 1908, served until October 21, 1908
- Carroll S. Page (R), appointed October 21, 1908
3. William P. Dillingham (R)

Virginia

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

Washington

3. Levi Ankeny (R)
1. Samuel H. Piles (R)

West Virginia

2. Stephen B. Elkins (R)
1. Nathan B. Scott (R)

Wisconsin

3. John C. Spooner (R), resigned April 30, 1907
- Isaac Stephenson (R), appointed May 17, 1907
1. Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (R)

Wyoming

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

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

1. George W. Taylor (D)
2. Ariosto A. Wiley (D), died June 17, 1908
- Oliver C. Wiley (D), from November 3, 1908
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)

1. E. Stevens Henry (R)
2. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)
3. Edwin W. Higgins (R)
4. Ebenezer J. Hill (R)
A/L. George L. Lilley (R), resigned January 5, 1909, vacant to end

Delaware

A/L. Hiram R. Burton (R)

A/L. Burton L. French (R)

Illinois

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)
7. Philip Knopf (R)
8. Charles McGavin (R)
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. Ben F. Caldwell (D)
22. William A. Rodenberg (R)
23. Martin D. Foster (D)
24. Pleasant T. Chapman (R)
25. George W. Smith (R), died November 30, 1907
- Napoleon B. Thistlewood (R), from February 15, 1908

Indiana

1. John H. Foster (R)
2. John C. Chaney (R)
3. William E. Cox (D)
4. Lincoln Dixon (D)
5. Elias S. Holliday (R)
6. James E. Watson (R)
7. Jesse Overstreet (R)
8. John A.M. Adair (D)
9. Charles B. Landis (R)
10. Edgar D. Crumpacker (R)
11. George W. Rauch (D)
12. Clarence C. Gilhams (R)
13. Abraham L. Brick (R),until April 7, 1908
- Henry A. Barnhart (D), from November 3, 1908 - End

Iowa

Kansas

1. Daniel Read Anthony, Jr. (R), from May 23, 1907
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

Louisiana

1. Adolph Meyer (D), died March 8, 1908
- Albert Estopinal (D), from November 3, 1908
2. Robert Charles Davey (D), died December 26, 1908, vacant thereafter
3. Robert Foligny Broussard (D)
4. John Thomas Watkins (D)
5. Joseph Eugene Ransdell (D)
6. George Kent Favrot (D)
7. Arsène Paulin Pujó (D)

Maine

1. Amos L. Allen (R)
2. Charles E. Littlefield (R), resigned September 30, 1908
- John P. Swasey (R), from November 3, 1908
3. Edwin C. Burleigh (R)
4. Llewellyn Powers (R), died July 28, 1908
- Frank E. Guernsey (R), from November 3, 1908

1. Edwin C. Denby (R)
2. Charles E. Townsend (R)
3. Washington Gardner (R)
4. Edward L. Hamilton (R)
5. Gerrit J. Diekema (R), from March 17, 1908
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. Archibald B. Darragh (R)
12. H. Olin Young (R)

A/L. Charles N. Pray (R)

Nebraska

Nevada

A/L. George A. Bartlett (D)

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

New York

1. William W. Cocks (R)
2. George H. Lindsay (D)
3. Charles T. Dunwell (R), died June 12, 1908
- Otto G. Foelker (R), from November 3, 1908
4. Charles B. Law (R)
5. George E. Waldo (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. W. Bourke Cockran (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. Samuel McMillan (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. James S. Sherman (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)
33. J. Sloat Fassett (R)
34. Peter A. Porter (R)
35. William H. Ryan (D)
36. De Alva S. Alexander (R)
37. Edward B. Vreeland (R)

North Carolina

1. John Humphrey Small (D)
2. Claude Kitchin (D)
3. Charles Randolph Thomas (D)
4. Edward W. Pou (D)
5. William W. Kitchin (D), resigned January 11, 1909, vacant for remainder of term
6. Hannibal L. Godwin (D)
7. Robert N. Page (D)
8. Richard N. Hackett (D)
9. Edwin Y. Webb (D)
10. William T. Crawford (D)

North Dakota

1. Thomas Frank Marshall (R)
2. Asle Gronna (R)

Ohio

1. Nicholas Longworth (R)
2. Herman P. Goebel (R)
3. J. Eugene Harding (R)
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. Henry T. Bannon (R)
11. Albert Douglas (R)
12. Edward L. Taylor, Jr. (R)
13. Grant E. Mouser (R)
14. J. Ford Laning (R)
15. Beman G. Dawes (R)
16. Capell L. Weems (R)
17. William A. Ashbrook (D)
18. James Kennedy (R)
19. W. Aubrey Thomas (R)
20. L. Paul Howland (R)
21. Theodore Elijah Burton (R), until March 3, 1909 (despite reelection)

Oklahoma

1. Bird Segle McGuire (R), from November 16, 1907
2. Elmer L. Fulton (D), from November 16, 1907
3. James S. Davenport (D), from November 16, 1907
4. Charles D. Carter (D), from November 16, 1907
5. Scott Ferris (D), from November 16, 1907

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

1. Henry H. Bingham (R)
2. John E. Reyburn (R), resigned March 31, 1907
- Joel Cook (R), from November 5, 1907
3. J. Hampton Moore (R)
4. Reuben O. Moon (R)
5. William W. Foulkrod (R)
6. George D. McCreary (R)
7. Thomas S. Butler (R)
8. Irving P. Wanger (R)
9. Henry B. Cassel (R)
10. Thomas D. Nicholls (Independent Democrat)
11. John T. Lenahan (D)
12. Charles N. Brumm (R), resigned January 4, 1909, vacant to end of term
13. John H. Rothermel (D)
14. George W. Kipp (D)
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)
20. Daniel F. Lafean (R)
21. Charles F. Barclay (R)
22. George F. Huff (R)
23. Allen F. Cooper (R)
24. Ernest F. Acheson (R)
25. Arthur L. Bates (R)
26. J. Davis Brodhead (D)
27. Joseph G. Beale (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. Daniel L. D. Granger (D), died February 14, 1909, vacant to end
2. Adin B. Capron (R)

South Carolina

South Dakota

A/L. Philo Hall (R)
A/L. William H. Parker (R), died June 26, 1908
- Eben Martin (R), from November 3, 1908

A/L. Joseph Howell (R)

Vermont

1. David J. Foster (R)
2. Kittredge Haskins (R)

Virginia

1. William Atkinson Jones (D)
2. Harry Lee Maynard (D)
3. John Fletcher Lamb (D)
4. Francis R. Lassiter (D)
5. Edward W. Saunders (D)
6. Carter Glass (D)
7. James Hay (D)
8. Charles Creighton Carlin (D), from November 5, 1907
9. Campbell Slemp (R), died October 13, 1907
- C. Bascom Slemp (R), from December 17, 1907
10. Henry De Flood (D)

A/L. Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

Alaska Territory. Thomas Cale (Independent)
Arizona Territory. Marcus Aurelius Smith (D)
Hawaii Territory. Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole (R)
New Mexico Territory. William Henry Andrews (R)
Philippines. Benito Legarda y Tuason (R),from November 22, 1907
Philippines. Pablo Ocampo (D), from November 22, 1907
Puerto Rico. Tulio Larrinaga (Unionist)

Employees

Architect of the Capitol: Elliott Woods

Senate

Secretary: Charles G. Bennett of New York
Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell of Indiana
Chaplain: Edward E. Hale, Unitarian

House of Representatives

Clerk: Alexander McDowell of Pennsylvania, elected December 2, 1907
Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson of Wisconsin, elected December 2, 1907
Doorkeeper: Frank B. Lyon of New York, elected December 2, 1907
Postmaster: Samuel Langum of New York, elected December 2, 1907
Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: Asher C. Hinds
Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist, elected December 2, 1907

References

^ Walgren, John A. (1916). Federal Employers' Liability Act: practitioner's manual. T.H. Flood. Retrieved September 14, 2009.

Gould, Lewis L. (2005). The Most Exclusive Club. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group. ISBN 0-465-02778-4.
Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-088434-7.
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[1] Walgren, John A. (1916). Federal Employers' Liability Act: practitioner's manual. T.H. Flood. Retrieved September 14, 2009.

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