56th Congress (1899–1901): members and party control
1899-03-04 to 1901-03-04. 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, 11 representatives
- John Morgan Senator · Democrat
- Edmund Pettus Senator · Democrat
- William Aldrich District 4 · Republican
- Willis Brewer District 5 · Democrat
- Gaston Robbins District 4 · Democrat
- Jesse Stallings District 2 · Democrat
- Joseph Wheeler District 8 · Democrat
- Henry Clayton District 3 · Democrat
- William Richardson District 8 · Democrat
- George Taylor District 1 · Democrat
- John Bankhead District 6 · Democrat
- John Burnett District 7 · Democrat
- Oscar Underwood District 9 · Democrat
Arizona 0 senators, 1 representatives
- John Wilson 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, 8 representatives
- Thomas Bard Senator · Republican
- George Perkins Senator · Republican
- John Barham District 1 · Republican
- Marion De Vries District 2 · Democrat
- Russell Waters District 6 · Republican
- Eugene Loud District 5 · Republican
- Samuel Woods District 2 · Republican
- Victor Metcalf District 3 · Republican
- James Needham District 7 · Republican
- Julius Kahn District 4 · 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 1 senators, 2 representatives
- Richard Kenney Senator · Democrat
- John Hoffecker At-large · Republican
- Walter Hoffecker At-large · Republican
Florida 2 senators, 2 representatives
- Stephen Mallory Senator · Democrat
- James Taliaferro 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
Hawaii 0 senators, 1 representatives
- Robert Wilcox District -1 ·
Idaho 2 senators, 1 representatives
- George Shoup Senator · Republican
- Henry Heitfeld Senator · Democrat
- Edgar Wilson District 1 · Silver Republican
Illinois 2 senators, 22 representatives
- Shelby Cullom Senator · Republican
- William Mason Senator · Republican
- Thomas Cusack District 4 · Democrat
- Edward Noonan District 5 · Democrat
- Thomas Jett District 18 · Democrat
- Walter Reeves District 11 · Republican
- Joseph Crowley District 19 · Democrat
- George Foster District 3 · Democrat
- Albert Hopkins District 8 · Republican
- Vespasian Warner District 13 · Republican
- James Williams District 20 · Democrat
- Robert Hitt District 9 · Republican
- Benjamin Marsh District 15 · Republican
- Ben Caldwell District 17 · Democrat
- 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
- William Williams District 16 · Democrat
- George Foss District 7 · Republican
- Joseph Cannon District 12 · Republican
- James Mann District 1 · Republican
- William Rodenberg District 21 · Republican
Indiana 2 senators, 13 representatives
- Charles Fairbanks Senator · Republican
- Albert Beveridge Senator · 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
- George Cromer District 8 · Republican
- James Hemenway District 1 · Republican
- William Zenor District 3 · Democrat
- Abraham Brick District 13 · Republican
- Charles Landis District 9 · Republican
- Jesse Overstreet District 7 · Republican
- Edgar Crumpacker District 10 · Republican
- James Watson District 6 · Republican
Iowa 2 senators, 13 representatives
- John Gear Senator · Republican
- William Allison Senator · Republican
- Joseph Lane District 2 · Republican
- Smith McPherson District 9 · Republican
- David Henderson District 3 · Republican
- Lot Thomas District 11 · Republican
- Thomas Hedge District 1 · Republican
- John Lacey District 6 · Republican
- James Conner District 10 · Republican
- Robert Cousins District 5 · Republican
- Jonathan Dolliver District 10 · Republican
- William Hepburn District 8 · Republican
- John Hull District 7 · Republican
- Walter Smith District 9 · Republican
- Gilbert Haugen District 4 · Republican
Kansas 2 senators, 8 representatives
- Lucien Baker Senator · Republican
- William Harris Senator · Populist
- Willis Bailey District -1 · Republican
- Edwin Ridgely District 3 · Populist
- Chester Long District 7 · Republican
- Justin Bowersock District 2 · Republican
- William Calderhead District 5 · Republican
- James Miller District 4 · Republican
- William Reeder District 6 · Republican
- Charles Curtis District 1 · Republican
Kentucky 2 senators, 12 representatives
- William Lindsay Senator · Democrat
- William Deboe Senator · Republican
- Albert Berry District 6 · Democrat
- Thomas Fitzpatrick District 10 · Democrat
- June Gayle District 7 · Democrat
- Samuel Pugh District 9 · Republican
- Evan Settle District 7 · Democrat
- Oscar Turner District 5 · Democrat
- Henry Allen District 2 · Democrat
- Charles Wheeler District 1 · Democrat
- Vincent Boreing District 11 · Republican
- John Rhea District 3 · Democrat
- George Gilbert District 8 · Democrat
- David Smith District 4 · Democrat
Louisiana 2 senators, 7 representatives
- Donelson Caffery Senator · Democrat
- Samuel McEnery Senator · Democrat
- Samuel Baird District 5 · Democrat
- Phanor Breazeale District 4 · Democrat
- Samuel Robertson District 6 · Democrat
- Robert Davey District 2 · Democrat
- Adolph Meyer District 1 · Democrat
- Robert Broussard District 3 · Democrat
- Joseph Ransdell District 5 · Democrat
Maine 2 senators, 6 representatives
- Eugene Hale Senator · Republican
- William Frye Senator · Republican
- Nelson Dingley, Jr. District -1 · Republican
- Thomas Reed District 1 · Republican
- Charles Boutelle District 4 · Republican
- Charles Littlefield District 2 · Republican
- Amos Allen District 1 · Republican
- Edwin Burleigh District 3 · Republican
Maryland 2 senators, 7 representatives
- George Wellington Senator · Republican
- Louis McComas Senator · Republican
- William Baker District 2 · Republican
- Josiah Kerr District 1 · Republican
- James Denny District 4 · Democrat
- Frank Wachter District 3 · Republican
- Sydney Mudd District 5 · Republican
- George Pearre District 6 · Republican
- John Smith District 1 · Democrat
Massachusetts 2 senators, 13 representatives
- George Hoar Senator · Republican
- Henry Lodge Senator · Republican
- Charles Sprague District 11 · Republican
- George Weymouth District 4 · Republican
- William Knox District 5 · Republican
- William Moody District 6 · Republican
- Henry Naphen District 10 · Democrat
- John Thayer District 3 · Democrat
- William Lovering District 12 · Republican
- George Lawrence District 1 · Republican
- Samuel McCall District 8 · Republican
- Ernest Roberts District 7 · 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
- William Mesick District 11 · Republican
- John Corliss District 1 · Republican
- Rousseau Crump District 10 · Republican
- Carlos Shelden District 12 · Republican
- Henry Smith District 2 · Republican
- Edgar Weeks District 7 · Republican
- Roswell Bishop District 9 · Republican
- Washington Gardner District 3 · Republican
- Samuel Smith District 6 · Republican
- William Smith District 5 · Republican
- Edward Hamilton District 4 · Republican
- Joseph Fordney District 8 · Republican
Minnesota 3 senators, 7 representatives
- Cushman Davis Senator · Republican
- Charles Towne Senator · Democrat
- 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 2 senators, 7 representatives
- William Sullivan Senator · Democrat
- Hernando Money Senator · 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, 16 representatives
- George Vest Senator · Democrat
- Francis Cockrell Senator · 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
- John Dougherty District 3 · 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
- Dorsey Shackleford District 8 · Democrat
- Champ Clark District 9 · Democrat
- William Rucker District 2 · Democrat
Montana 2 senators, 1 representatives
- William Clark Senator · Democrat
- Thomas Carter Senator · Republican
- Albert Campbell District 1 · Democrat
Nebraska 3 senators, 7 representatives
- John Thurston Senator · Republican
- William Allen Senator · Populist
- Monroe Hayward Senator · Republican
- William Greene District 6 · Populist
- Roderick Sutherland District 5 · Populist
- David Mercer District 2 · Republican
- William Neville District 6 · Populist
- John Robinson District 3 · Democrat
- William Stark District 4 · Populist
- Elmer Burkett District 1 · Republican
Nevada 2 senators, 1 representatives
- John Jones Senator · Republican
- William Stewart Senator · Republican
- 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, 9 representatives
- William Sewell Senator · Republican
- John Kean Senator · Republican
- William Daly District 7 · Democrat
- Joshua S. Salmon District 4 · Democrat
- James Stewart District 5 · Republican
- Allan McDermott District 7 · Democrat
- 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
- Pedro Perea District -1 · Republican
New York 2 senators, 36 representatives
- Thomas Platt Senator · Republican
- Chauncey Depew Senator · Republican
- Thomas Bradley District 9 · Democrat
- William Chanler District 14 · Democrat
- Charles Chickering District 24 · Republican
- Bertram Clayton District 4 · Democrat
- Aaron Cochrane District 19 · Republican
- Edmund Driggs District 3 · Democrat
- Martin Glynn District 20 · Democrat
- Warren Hooker District -1 · Republican
- Mitchell May District 6 · Democrat
- James O’Grady District 31 · Republican
- John Underhill District 16 · Democrat
- Amos Cummings District 10 · Democrat
- Louis Emerson District 23 · Republican
- Nicholas Muller District 7 · Democrat
- George Ray District 26 · Republican
- Albert Shaw District 24 · Republican
- John Stewart District 21 · Republican
- Arthur Tompkins District 17 · Republican
- Charles Gillet District 29 · Republican
- George McClellan District 12 · Democrat
- Townsend Scudder District 1 · Democrat
- John Ketcham District 18 · Republican
- Lucius Littauer District 22 · Republican
- Jacob Ruppert, Jr. District 15 · Democrat
- James Wadsworth District 30 · Republican
- William Ryan District 32 · Democrat
- James Sherman District 25 · Republican
- De Alexander District 33 · Republican
- Michael Driscoll District 27 · Republican
- William Sulzer District 11 · Democrat
- Edward Vreeland District 34 · Republican
- Jefferson Levy District 13 · Democrat
- Sereno Payne District 28 · Republican
- Frank Wilson District 5 · Democrat
- John Fitzgerald District 2 · Democrat
- Daniel Riordan District 8 · Democrat
North Carolina 2 senators, 10 representatives
- Marion Butler Senator · Populist
- Jeter Pritchard Senator · Republican
- John Atwater District 4 · Populist
- Romulus Linney District 8 · Republican
- Richmond Pearson District 9 · Republican
- George White District 2 · Republican
- John Bellamy District 6 · Democrat
- Theodore Kluttz District 7 · Democrat
- William Crawford District 9 · Democrat
- William Kitchin District 5 · Democrat
- Charles Thomas District 3 · Democrat
- John Small District 1 · Democrat
North Dakota 2 senators, 1 representatives
- Henry Hansbrough Senator · Republican
- Porter McCumber Senator · Republican
- Burleigh Spalding District 1 · Republican
Ohio 2 senators, 22 representatives
- Marcus Hanna Senator · Republican
- Joseph Foraker Senator · 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
- Fremont Phillips District 20 · Republican
- Walter Weaver District 7 · Republican
- Jacob Bromwell District 2 · Republican
- Robert Gordon District 4 · Democrat
- James Norton District 13 · Democrat
- William Shattuc District 1 · Republican
- Robert Tayler District 18 · Republican
- Joseph Gill District 16 · Republican
- Stephen Morgan District 10 · 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
- Dennis Flynn District -1 · Republican
Oregon 2 senators, 2 representatives
- George McBride Senator · Republican
- Joseph Simon Senator · Republican
- Malcolm Moody District 2 · Republican
- Thomas H. Tongue District 1 · Republican
Pennsylvania 2 senators, 32 representatives
- Matthew Quay Senator · Republican
- Boies Penrose Senator · Republican
- Laird Barber District 8 · Democrat
- Samuel Davenport District -1 · Republican
- Stanley Davenport District 12 · Democrat
- Daniel Ermentrout District 9 · Democrat
- Athelston Gaston District 26 · Democrat
- Alfred Harmer District 5 · Republican
- William McAleer District 3 · Democrat
- Horace Packer District 16 · Republican
- James Ryan District 13 · Democrat
- Joseph Thropp District 20 · Republican
- Edward Ziegler District 19 · Democrat
- Marriott Brosius District 10 · Republican
- Henry Green District 9 · Democrat
- Galusha Grow District -1 · Republican
- James Hall District 28 · Democrat
- Summers Jack District 21 · Republican
- Rufus Polk District 17 · Democrat
- Joseph Showalter District 25 · Republican
- James Young District 4 · Republican
- William Connell District 11 · Republican
- Charles Wright District 15 · Republican
- Robert Adams, Jr. District 2 · Republican
- Thaddeus Mahon District 18 · Republican
- Edward Morrell District 5 · Republican
- Joseph Sibley District 27 · Democrat
- Ernest Acheson District 24 · 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
- Thomas Butler District 6 · 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 2 senators, 7 representatives
- John McLaurin Senator · Democrat
- Benjamin Tillman Senator · 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
- David Finley District 5 · Democrat
South Dakota 2 senators, 2 representatives
- Richard Pettigrew Senator · Silver Republican
- James Kyle Senator · Republican
- Robert Gamble District -1 · Republican
- Charles Burke District -1 · Republican
Tennessee 2 senators, 10 representatives
- Thomas Turley Senator · Democrat
- William Bate Senator · Democrat
- Nicholas Cox District 7 · Democrat
- Edward Carmack District 10 · Democrat
- Charles Snodgrass District 4 · 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
- Horace Chilton Senator · Democrat
- Charles Culberson Senator · 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
- John Sheppard District 4 · Democrat
- Thomas Ball District 1 · Democrat
- Joseph Bailey District 5 · Democrat
- Samuel Cooper District 2 · Democrat
- Albert Burleson District 9 · Democrat
- Robert Henry District 7 · Democrat
- John Stephens District 13 · Democrat
- James Slayden District 12 · Democrat
Utah 1 senators, 1 representatives
- Joseph Rawlins Senator · Democrat
- William King District 1 · Democrat
Vermont 3 senators, 2 representatives
- Jonathan Ross Senator · Republican
- Redfield Proctor Senator · Republican
- William Dillingham 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
- Sydney Epes District 4 · Democrat
- Julian Quarles District 10 · Democrat
- Richard Wise District 2 · Republican
- William Young District 2 · Democrat
- Peter Otey District 6 · Democrat
- William Rhea District 9 · Democrat
- John Rixey District 8 · Democrat
- Francis Lassiter District 4 · 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
- George Turner Senator · Democrat
- Addison Foster Senator · Republican
- Francis Cushman District -1 · Republican
- Wesley Jones District -1 · Republican
West Virginia 2 senators, 4 representatives
- Nathan Scott Senator · Republican
- Stephen Elkins Senator · Republican
- Romeo Freer District 4 · Republican
- David Johnston District 3 · Democrat
- Alston Dayton District 2 · Republican
- Blackburn Dovener District 1 · Republican
Wisconsin 2 senators, 10 representatives
- Joseph Quarles Senator · Republican
- John Spooner Senator · Republican
- Alexander Stewart District 9 · Republican
- Samuel Barney District 5 · Republican
- Herman Dahle District 2 · 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
- John Esch District 7 · Republican
- Henry Cooper District 1 · Republican
Wyoming 2 senators, 1 representatives
- Clarence Clark Senator · Republican
- Francis Warren Senator · Republican
- Franklin Mondell At-large · Republican
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