55th Congress (1897–1899): members and party control
1897-03-04 to 1899-03-04. Everyone who served during this Congress, including members who joined or left part-way through.
Senate
House of Representatives
Members by state
Alabama 2 senators, 10 representatives
- John Morgan Senator · Democrat
- Edmund Pettus Senator · Democrat
- Milford Howard District 7 · Populist
- Thomas Plowman District 4 · Democrat
- William Aldrich District 4 · Republican
- Willis Brewer District 5 · Democrat
- Jesse Stallings District 2 · Democrat
- Joseph Wheeler District 8 · Democrat
- Henry Clayton District 3 · Democrat
- George Taylor District 1 · Democrat
- John Bankhead District 6 · Democrat
- Oscar Underwood District 9 · Democrat
Arizona 0 senators, 1 representatives
- Marcus Smith At-large · Democrat
Arkansas 2 senators, 6 representatives
- James Jones Senator · Democrat
- James Berry Senator · Democrat
- William Terry District 4 · Democrat
- Philip McCulloch, Jr. District 1 · Democrat
- Thomas McRae District 3 · Democrat
- Hugh Dinsmore District 5 · Democrat
- John Little District 2 · Democrat
- Stephen Brundidge, Jr. District 6 · Democrat
California 2 senators, 7 representatives
- Stephen White Senator · Democrat
- George Perkins Senator · Republican
- Charles Barlow District 6 · Populist
- Curtis Castle District 7 · Populist
- Samuel Hilborn District 3 · Republican
- James Maguire District 4 · Democrat
- John Barham District 1 · Republican
- Marion De Vries District 2 · Democrat
- Eugene Loud District 5 · Republican
Colorado 2 senators, 2 representatives
- Edward Wolcott Senator · Republican
- Henry Teller Senator · Democrat
- John Bell District 2 · Populist
- John Shafroth District 1 · Silver Republican
Connecticut 2 senators, 4 representatives
- Joseph Hawley Senator · Republican
- Orville Platt Senator · Republican
- Charles Russell District 3 · Republican
- Nehemiah Sperry District 2 · Republican
- Edward Henry District 1 · Republican
- Ebenezer J. Hill District 4 · Republican
Delaware 2 senators, 1 representatives
- George Gray Senator · Democrat
- Richard Kenney Senator · Democrat
- Levin Handy At-large · Democrat
Florida 2 senators, 2 representatives
- Samuel Pasco Senator · Democrat
- Stephen Mallory Senator · Democrat
- Robert Davis District 2 · Democrat
- Stephen Sparkman District 1 · Democrat
Georgia 2 senators, 11 representatives
- Alexander Clay Senator · Democrat
- Augustus Bacon Senator · Democrat
- William Fleming District 10 · Democrat
- John W. Maddox District 7 · Democrat
- Farish Tate District 9 · Democrat
- Rufus Lester District 1 · Democrat
- Elijah Lewis District 3 · Democrat
- James Griggs District 2 · Democrat
- William Howard District 8 · Democrat
- Leonidas Livingston District 5 · Democrat
- William Brantley District 11 · Democrat
- Charles Bartlett District 6 · Democrat
- William Adamson District 4 · Democrat
Idaho 2 senators, 1 representatives
- George Shoup Senator · Republican
- Henry Heitfeld Senator · Democrat
- James Gunn District 1 · Populist
Illinois 2 senators, 23 representatives
- Shelby Cullom Senator · Republican
- William Mason Senator · Republican
- Jehu Baker District 21 · Democrat
- Hugh Belknap District 3 · Republican
- James Campbell District 20 · Democrat
- James Connolly District 17 · Republican
- Edward Cooke District 6 · Republican
- William Hinrichsen District 16 · Democrat
- Andrew Hunter District 19 · Democrat
- Daniel Mills District 4 · Republican
- George White District 5 · Republican
- Thomas Jett District 18 · Democrat
- Walter Reeves District 11 · Republican
- Albert Hopkins District 8 · Republican
- Vespasian Warner District 13 · Republican
- Robert Hitt District 9 · Republican
- Benjamin Marsh District 15 · Republican
- George Smith District 22 · Republican
- Henry Boutell District 6 · Republican
- Joseph Graff District 14 · Republican
- William Lorimer District 2 · Republican
- George Prince District 10 · Republican
- George Foss District 7 · Republican
- Joseph Cannon District 12 · Republican
- James Mann District 1 · Republican
Indiana 2 senators, 14 representatives
- David Turpie Senator · Democrat
- Charles Fairbanks Senator · Republican
- Charles Henry District 8 · Republican
- William Holman District 4 · Democrat
- Henry Johnson District 6 · Republican
- Lemuel Royse District 13 · Republican
- George Faris District 5 · Republican
- George Steele District 11 · Republican
- Francis Griffith District 4 · Democrat
- Robert Miers District 2 · Democrat
- James Robinson District 12 · Democrat
- James Hemenway District 1 · Republican
- William Zenor District 3 · Democrat
- Charles Landis District 9 · Republican
- Jesse Overstreet District 7 · Republican
- Edgar Crumpacker District 10 · Republican
Iowa 2 senators, 11 representatives
- John Gear Senator · Republican
- William Allison Senator · Republican
- Samuel Clark District 1 · Republican
- George Curtis District 2 · Republican
- Alva Hager District 9 · Republican
- George Perkins District 11 · Republican
- Thomas Updegraff District 4 · Republican
- David Henderson District 3 · Republican
- John Lacey District 6 · Republican
- Robert Cousins District 5 · Republican
- Jonathan Dolliver District 10 · Republican
- William Hepburn District 8 · Republican
- John Hull District 7 · Republican
Kansas 2 senators, 8 representatives
- Lucien Baker Senator · Republican
- William Harris Senator · Populist
- Jeremiah Botkin District -1 · Populist
- Case Broderick District 1 · Republican
- Nelson B. McCormick District 6 · Populist
- Mason Peters District 2 · Populist
- Jerry Simpson District 7 · Populist
- William Vincent District 5 · Populist
- Edwin Ridgely District 3 · Populist
- Charles Curtis District 4 · Republican
Kentucky 2 senators, 11 representatives
- William Lindsay Senator · Democrat
- William Deboe Senator · Republican
- John Clardy District 2 · Democrat
- David Colson District 11 · Republican
- George Davison District 8 · Republican
- Walter Evans District 5 · Republican
- Albert Berry District 6 · Democrat
- Thomas Fitzpatrick District 10 · Democrat
- Samuel Pugh District 9 · Republican
- Evan Settle District 7 · Democrat
- Charles Wheeler District 1 · Democrat
- John Rhea District 3 · Democrat
- David Smith District 4 · Democrat
Louisiana 2 senators, 6 representatives
- Donelson Caffery Senator · Democrat
- Samuel McEnery Senator · Democrat
- Henry Ogden District 4 · Democrat
- Samuel Baird District 5 · Democrat
- Samuel Robertson District 6 · Democrat
- Robert Davey District 2 · Democrat
- Adolph Meyer District 1 · Democrat
- Robert Broussard District 3 · Democrat
Maine 2 senators, 5 representatives
- Eugene Hale Senator · Republican
- William Frye Senator · Republican
- Seth Milliken District 3 · Republican
- Nelson Dingley, Jr. District 2 · Republican
- Thomas Reed District 1 · Republican
- Charles Boutelle District 4 · Republican
- Edwin Burleigh District 3 · Republican
Maryland 2 senators, 6 representatives
- George Wellington Senator · Republican
- Arthur Gorman Senator · Democrat
- Isaac Barber District 1 · Republican
- William Booze District 3 · Republican
- John McDonald District 6 · Republican
- William McIntire District 4 · Republican
- William Baker District 2 · Republican
- Sydney Mudd District 5 · Republican
Massachusetts 2 senators, 15 representatives
- George Hoar Senator · Republican
- Henry Lodge Senator · Republican
- William Barrett District 7 · Republican
- Samuel Barrows District 10 · Republican
- John Simpkins District 13 · Republican
- Joseph Walker District 3 · Republican
- Ashley Wright District 1 · Republican
- Charles Sprague District 11 · Republican
- George Weymouth District 4 · Republican
- William Knox District 5 · Republican
- William Moody District 6 · Republican
- William Lovering District 12 · Republican
- George Lawrence District 1 · Republican
- Samuel McCall District 8 · Republican
- John Fitzgerald District 9 · Democrat
- William Greene District 13 · Republican
- Frederick Gillett District 2 · Republican
Michigan 2 senators, 12 representatives
- James McMillan Senator · Republican
- Julius Burrows Senator · Republican
- Ferdinand Brucker District 8 · Democrat
- Horace Snover District 7 · Republican
- George Spalding District 2 · Republican
- Albert Todd District 3 · Democrat
- William Mesick District 11 · Republican
- John Corliss District 1 · Republican
- Rousseau Crump District 10 · Republican
- Carlos Shelden District 12 · Republican
- Roswell Bishop District 9 · Republican
- Samuel Smith District 6 · Republican
- William Smith District 5 · Republican
- Edward Hamilton District 4 · Republican
Minnesota 2 senators, 7 representatives
- Cushman Davis Senator · Republican
- Knute Nelson Senator · Republican
- Frank Eddy District 7 · Republican
- Joel Heatwole District 3 · Republican
- Robert Morris District 6 · Republican
- Loren Fletcher District 5 · Republican
- James McCleary District 2 · Republican
- James Tawney District 1 · Republican
- Frederick Stevens District 4 · Republican
Mississippi 3 senators, 9 representatives
- James George Senator · Democrat
- Edward Walthall Senator · Democrat
- Hernando Money Senator · Democrat
- William Love District 6 · Democrat
- William Sullivan District 2 · Democrat
- John Allen District 1 · Democrat
- Thomas Catchings District 3 · Democrat
- Patrick Henry District 7 · Democrat
- Andrew Fox District 4 · Democrat
- Frank McLain District 6 · Democrat
- Thomas Spight District 2 · Democrat
- John Williams District 5 · Democrat
Missouri 2 senators, 15 representatives
- George Vest Senator · Democrat
- Francis Cockrell Senator · Democrat
- Robert Bodine District 2 · Democrat
- Alexander Dockery District 3 · Democrat
- Richard Bland District 8 · Democrat
- Charles Pearce District 12 · Republican
- James Cooney District 7 · Democrat
- Charles Joy District 11 · Republican
- Maecenas Benton District 15 · Democrat
- Charles Cochran District 4 · Democrat
- William Cowherd District 5 · Democrat
- Edward Robb District 13 · Democrat
- Willard Vandiver District 14 · Democrat
- David De Armond District 6 · Democrat
- Richard Bartholdt District 10 · Republican
- James Lloyd District 1 · Democrat
- Champ Clark District 9 · Democrat
Montana 2 senators, 1 representatives
- Lee Mantle Senator · Silver Republican
- Thomas Carter Senator · Republican
- Charles Hartman District 1 · Silver Republican
Nebraska 2 senators, 6 representatives
- John Thurston Senator · Republican
- William Allen Senator · Populist
- Samuel Maxwell District 3 · Populist
- Jesse Strode District 1 · Republican
- William Greene District 6 · Populist
- Roderick Sutherland District 5 · Populist
- David Mercer District 2 · Republican
- William Stark District 4 · Populist
Nevada 2 senators, 1 representatives
- John Jones Senator · Republican
- William Stewart Senator · Silver
- Francis Newlands At-large · Democrat
New Hampshire 2 senators, 2 representatives
- William Chandler Senator · Republican
- Jacob Gallinger Senator · Republican
- Frank Clarke District 2 · Republican
- Cyrus Sulloway District 1 · Republican
New Jersey 2 senators, 8 representatives
- James Smith, Jr. Senator · Democrat
- William Sewell Senator · Republican
- Thomas McEwan, Jr. District 7 · Republican
- Mahlon Pitney District 4 · Republican
- James Stewart District 5 · Republican
- Charles Fowler District 8 · Republican
- Benjamin Howell District 3 · Republican
- John Gardner District 2 · Republican
- Henry Loudenslager District 1 · Republican
- Richard Parker District 6 · Republican
New Mexico 0 senators, 1 representatives
- Harvey Fergusson District -1 · Democrat
New York 2 senators, 35 representatives
- Edward Murphy, Jr. Senator · Democrat
- Thomas Platt Senator · Republican
- James Belden District 27 · Republican
- Joseph Belford District 1 · Republican
- Charles Bennett District 5 · Republican
- Henry Brewster District 31 · Republican
- Israel Fischer District 4 · Republican
- Wallace Foote, Jr. District 23 · Republican
- James Howe District 6 · Republican
- Denis Hurley District 2 · Republican
- Philip Low District 15 · Republican
- Rowland Mahany District 32 · Republican
- John Mitchell District 8 · Republican
- Benjamin Odell, Jr. District 17 · Republican
- Lemuel Quigg District 14 · Republican
- Richard Shannon District 13 · Republican
- John Vehslage District 7 · Democrat
- William Ward District 16 · Republican
- David Wilber District 21 · Republican
- Francis Wilson District 3 · Republican
- Thomas Bradley District 9 · Democrat
- Charles Chickering District 24 · Republican
- Aaron Cochrane District 19 · Republican
- Edmund Driggs District 3 · Democrat
- Warren Hooker District 34 · Republican
- Amos Cummings District 10 · Democrat
- George Ray District 26 · Republican
- Charles Gillet District 29 · Republican
- George McClellan District 12 · Democrat
- John Ketcham District 18 · Republican
- Lucius Littauer District 22 · Republican
- James Wadsworth District 30 · Republican
- James Sherman District 25 · Republican
- De Alexander District 33 · Republican
- George Southwick District 20 · Republican
- William Sulzer District 11 · Democrat
- Sereno Payne District 28 · Republican
North Carolina 2 senators, 9 representatives
- Marion Butler Senator · Populist
- Jeter Pritchard Senator · Republican
- John Fowler District 3 · Populist
- Charles Martin District 6 · Populist
- Alonzo Shuford District 7 · Populist
- Harry Skinner District 1 · Populist
- William Strowd District 4 · Populist
- Romulus Linney District 8 · Republican
- Richmond Pearson District 9 · Republican
- George White District 2 · Republican
- William Kitchin District 5 · Democrat
North Dakota 2 senators, 1 representatives
- William Roach Senator · Democrat
- Henry Hansbrough Senator · Republican
- Martin Johnson District 1 · Republican
Ohio 3 senators, 22 representatives
- John Sherman Senator · Republican
- Marcus Hanna Senator · Republican
- Joseph Foraker Senator · Republican
- Clifton Beach District 20 · Republican
- Lucien Fenton District 10 · Republican
- George Marshall District 4 · Democrat
- Stephen Northway District 19 · Republican
- John Brenner District 3 · Democrat
- Seth W. Brown District 6 · Republican
- Lorenzo Danford District 16 · Republican
- Winfield Kerr District 14 · Republican
- John Lentz District 12 · Democrat
- Archibald Lybrand District 8 · Republican
- John McDowell District 17 · Democrat
- David Meekison District 5 · Democrat
- Walter Weaver District 7 · Republican
- Jacob Bromwell District 2 · Republican
- James Norton District 13 · Democrat
- William Shattuc District 1 · Republican
- Robert Tayler District 18 · Republican
- Henry Van Voorhis District 15 · Republican
- Charles Dick District 19 · Republican
- Charles Grosvenor District 11 · Republican
- James Southard District 9 · Republican
- Theodore Burton District 21 · Republican
Oklahoma 0 senators, 1 representatives
- James Callahan District -1 · Free Silver
Oregon 2 senators, 2 representatives
- George McBride Senator · Republican
- Joseph Simon Senator · Republican
- Thomas H. Tongue District 1 · Republican
- William Ellis District 2 · Republican
Pennsylvania 2 senators, 31 representatives
- Matthew Quay Senator · Republican
- Boies Penrose Senator · Republican
- William Arnold District 28 · Republican
- George Benner District 19 · Democrat
- James Codding District 15 · Republican
- Josiah Hicks District 20 · Republican
- William Kirkpatrick District 8 · Republican
- Monroe Kulp District 17 · Republican
- Charles Stone District 27 · Republican
- William Stone District 23 · Republican
- John Sturtevant District 26 · Republican
- Morgan B. Williams District 12 · Republican
- Samuel Davenport District -1 · Republican
- Daniel Ermentrout District 9 · Democrat
- Alfred Harmer District 5 · Republican
- William McAleer District 3 · Democrat
- Horace Packer District 16 · Republican
- Marriott Brosius District 10 · Republican
- Galusha Grow District -1 · Republican
- Joseph Showalter District 25 · Republican
- James Young District 4 · Republican
- William Connell District 11 · Republican
- Robert Adams, Jr. District 2 · Republican
- Thaddeus Mahon District 18 · Republican
- Ernest Acheson District 24 · Republican
- Charles Brumm District 13 · Republican
- William Graham District 23 · Republican
- Irving Wanger District 7 · Republican
- Henry Bingham District 1 · Republican
- John Dalzell District 22 · Republican
- Marlin Olmsted District 14 · Republican
- Edward Robbins District 21 · Republican
- Thomas Butler District 6 · Ind. Republican
Rhode Island 2 senators, 2 representatives
- Nelson Aldrich Senator · Republican
- George Wetmore Senator · Republican
- Melville Bull District 1 · Republican
- Adin Capron District 2 · Republican
South Carolina 3 senators, 7 representatives
- Joseph Earle Senator · Democrat
- John McLaurin Senator · Democrat
- Benjamin Tillman Senator · Democrat
- Thomas Strait District 5 · Democrat
- James Norton District 6 · Democrat
- Stanyarne Wilson District 4 · Democrat
- William Elliott District 1 · Democrat
- James Stokes District 7 · Democrat
- William Talbert District 2 · Democrat
- Asbury Latimer District 3 · Democrat
South Dakota 2 senators, 2 representatives
- Richard Pettigrew Senator · Silver Republican
- James Kyle Senator · Republican
- John Kelley District -1 · Populist
- Freeman Knowles District -1 · Populist
Tennessee 3 senators, 10 representatives
- Isham Harris Senator · Democrat
- Thomas Turley Senator · Democrat
- William Bate Senator · Democrat
- Benton McMillin District 4 · Democrat
- Nicholas Cox District 7 · Democrat
- Edward Carmack District 10 · Democrat
- Henry Gibson District 2 · Republican
- Rice Pierce District 9 · Democrat
- James Richardson District 5 · Democrat
- John Gaines District 6 · Democrat
- Walter Brownlow District 1 · Republican
- John Moon District 3 · Democrat
- Thetus Sims District 8 · Democrat
Texas 2 senators, 13 representatives
- Roger Mills Senator · Democrat
- Horace Chilton Senator · Democrat
- John Cranford District 4 · Democrat
- Joseph Sayers District 9 · Democrat
- Robert Hawley District 10 · Republican
- Robert Burke District 6 · Democrat
- Reese De Graffenreid District 3 · Democrat
- Rudolph Kleberg District 11 · Democrat
- Samuel Lanham District 8 · Democrat
- Thomas Ball District 1 · Democrat
- Joseph Bailey District 5 · Democrat
- Samuel Cooper District 2 · Democrat
- Robert Henry District 7 · Democrat
- John Stephens District 13 · Democrat
- James Slayden District 12 · Democrat
Utah 2 senators, 1 representatives
- Frank Cannon Senator · Silver Republican
- Joseph Rawlins Senator · Democrat
- William King District 1 · Democrat
Vermont 2 senators, 2 representatives
- Justin Morrill Senator · Republican
- Redfield Proctor Senator · Republican
- William Grout District 2 · Republican
- Horace Powers District 1 · Republican
Virginia 2 senators, 12 representatives
- John Daniel Senator · Democrat
- Thomas Martin Senator · Democrat
- Robert Thorp District 4 · Republican
- James Walker District 9 · Republican
- Jacob Yost District 10 · Republican
- Sydney Epes District 4 · Democrat
- Richard Wise District 2 · Republican
- William Young District 2 · Democrat
- Peter Otey District 6 · Democrat
- John Rixey District 8 · Democrat
- John Lamb District 3 · Democrat
- James Hay District 7 · Democrat
- William Jones District 1 · Democrat
- Claude Swanson District 5 · Democrat
Washington 2 senators, 2 representatives
- John Wilson Senator · Republican
- George Turner Senator · Democrat
- William Jones District -1 · Silver Republican
- James Lewis District -1 · Democrat
West Virginia 2 senators, 4 representatives
- Charles Faulkner Senator · Democrat
- Stephen Elkins Senator · Republican
- Charles Dorr District 3 · Republican
- Warren Miller District 4 · Republican
- Alston Dayton District 2 · Republican
- Blackburn Dovener District 1 · Republican
Wisconsin 2 senators, 10 representatives
- John Mitchell Senator · Democrat
- John Spooner Senator · Republican
- Michael Griffin District 7 · Republican
- Edward Sauerhering District 2 · Republican
- Alexander Stewart District 9 · Republican
- Samuel Barney District 5 · Republican
- Joseph Babcock District 3 · Republican
- Edward Minor District 8 · Republican
- Theobald Otjen District 4 · Republican
- John Jenkins District 10 · Republican
- James Davidson District 6 · Republican
- Henry Cooper District 1 · Republican
Wyoming 2 senators, 1 representatives
- Clarence Clark Senator · Republican
- Francis Warren Senator · Republican
- John Osborne At-large · Democrat
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