54th United States Congress

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The Fifty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1897. This Congress sat during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Grover Cleveland, and the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eleventh Census of the United States in 1890.

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Contents

1 Dates of Sessions
2 Major events
3 Major legislation
4 Party summary
4.1 Senate
4.2 House of Representatives
5 Officers
5.1 Senate
5.2 House of Representatives
6 Party Leadership
6.1 Senate
6.2 House of Representatives
7 Members
7.1 Senate
7.2 House of Representatives
7.3 Delegates
8 Membership Changes
8.1 Senate
8.2 House of Representatives
9 References

Dates of Sessions

March 4, 1895–March 3, 1897

First session: December 2, 1895 - June 11, 1896
Second session: December 7, 1896 - March 3, 1897 — a lame duck session.

Major events

Main article: Events of 1895; Events of 1896; Events of 1897

Major legislation

''Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the Fifty-fourth Congress

Party summary

Senate

TOTAL members: 90

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 357, delegates: 4

Officers

Senate

Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
* Adlai E. Stevenson, Democratic of Illinois
President Pro Tempore of the Senate:
* William Pierce Frye, Republican of Maine, elected March 4, 1897.
Secretary of the Senate:
* William Ruffin Cox of North Carolina, reelected March 4, 1895.
Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
* Richard J. Bright of Indiana
Chaplain of the Senate:
* William Henry Milburn, Methodist.

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House:
* Thomas B. Reed, Republican of Maine, elected December 2, 1895.
Clerk of the House:
* Alexander McDowell of Pennsylvania, elected December 2, 1895.
Sergeant at Arms of the House:
* Benjamin F. Russell of Missouri, elected December 2, 1895.
Doorkeeper of the House:
* William J. Glenn of New York, elected December 2, 1895.
Postmaster of the House:
* Joseph McElroy of Ohio, reelected December 2, 1895.
Chaplain of the House:
* Henry N. Couden, Universalist, elected December 2, 1895.

Party Leadership

Senate

Democratic Caucus Chairman:
* Arthur P. Gorman, Democratic of Maryland
Republican Conference Chairman:
* John Sherman, Republican of Ohio

House of Representatives

Democratic Caucus Chairman:
* David Browning Culberson, Democratic of Texas
Republican Conference Chairman:
* Charles Henry Grosvenor, Republican of Ohio

Members

At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Nearly all of the members of the House of Representatives were elected to single member districts, by popular vote.

See also: Fifty-fourth United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: Fifty-fourth United States Congress - Political Parties

See also: United States House election, 1894

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district. Also listed at the end are the delegates from the then-existing organized territories.

Senate

Alabama

John T. Morgan (1824-1907), Democratic
James L. Pugh (1820-1907), Democratic

Arkansas

James K. Jones (1839-1908), Democratic
James H. Berry (1841-1913), Democratic

California

Stephen M. White (1853-1901), Democratic
George C. Perkins (1839-1923), Republican

Colorado

Henry M. Teller (1830-1914), Republican

Edward O. Wolcott (1848-1905), Republican

Connecticut

Orville H. Platt (1827-1905), Republican
Joseph R. Hawley (1826-1905), Republican

Delaware

George Gray (1840-1925), Democratic

Richard R. Kenney (1856-1931), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 5, 1897.

Florida

Wilkinson Call (1834-1910), Democratic
Samuel Pasco (1834-1917), Democratic

Georgia

John B. Gordon (1832-1904), Democratic

Augustus O. Bacon (1839-1914), Democratic

Idaho

George L. Shoup (1836-1904), Republican
Fred T. Dubois (1851-1930), Republican

Illinois

Shelby M. Cullom (1829-1914), Republican
John McAuley Palmer (1817-1900), Democratic

Indiana

Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Democratic
David Turpie (1828-1909), Democratic

Iowa

William B. Allison (1829-1908), Republican

John H. Gear (1825-1900), Republican

Kansas

William A. Peffer (1831-1912), Populist

Lucien Baker (1846-1907), Republican

Kentucky

Joseph C.S. Blackburn (1838-1918), Democratic

William Lindsay (1835-1909), Democratic

Louisiana

Donelson Caffery (1835-1906), Democratic

Newton C. Blanchard (1849-1922), Democratic

Maine

Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Republican
William P. Frye (1830-1911), Republican

Maryland

Arthur Pue Gorman (1839-1906), Democratic

Charles H. Gibson (1842-1900), Democratic

Massachusetts

George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Republican

Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924), Republican

Michigan

James McMillan (1838-1902), Republican

Julius C. Burrows (1837-1915), Republican

Minnesota

Cushman K. Davis (1838-1900), Republican

Knute Nelson (1843-1923), Republican

Mississippi

James Z. George (1826-1897), Democratic

Edward C. Walthall (1831-1898), Democratic

Missouri

Francis M. Cockrell (1834-1915), Democratic
George G. Vest (1830-1904), Democratic

Montana

Lee Mantle (1851-1934), Republican

Thomas H. Carter (1854-1911), Republican

Nebraska

William V. Allen (1847-1924), Populist
John M. Thurston (1847-1916), Republican

Nevada

John P. Jones (1829-1912), Silver Republican

William M. Stewart (1827-1909), Silver Republican

New Hampshire

William E. Chandler (1835-1917), Republican

Jacob H. Gallinger (1837-1918), Republican

New Jersey

James Smith, Jr. (1851-1927), Democratic

William J. Sewell (1835-1901), Republican

New York

David B. Hill (1843-1910), Democratic

Edward Murphy, Jr. (1836-1911), Democratic

North Carolina

Jeter C. Pritchard (1857-1921), Republican

Marion Butler (1863-1938), Populist

North Dakota

Henry C. Hansbrough (1848-1933), Republican
William N. Roach (1840-1902), Democratic

Ohio

John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican
Calvin S. Brice (1845-1898), Democratic

Oregon

John H. Mitchell (1835-1905), Republican

George W. McBride (1854-1911), Republican

Pennsylvania

J. Donald Cameron (1833-1918), Republican

Matthew S. Quay (1833-1904), Republican

Rhode Island

Nelson W. Aldrich (1841-1915), Republican
George P. Wetmore (1846-1921), Republican

South Carolina

John L.M. Irby (1854-1900), Democratic

Benjamin R. Tillman (1847-1918), Democratic

South Dakota

Richard F. Pettigrew (1848-1926), Republican
James H. Kyle (1854-1901), Populist

Tennessee

Isham G. Harris (1818-1897), Democratic
William B. Bate (1826-1905), Democratic

Texas

Roger Q. Mills (1832-1911), Democratic

Horace Chilton (1853-1932), Democratic

Utah

Frank J. Cannon (1859-1933), Republican ...new state, seated January 27, 1896.
Arthur Brown (1843-1906), Republican ...new state, seated January 27, 1896.

Vermont

Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Republican
Redfield Proctor (1831-1908), Republican

Virginia

John W. Daniel (1842-1910), Democratic

Thomas S. Martin (1847-1919), Democratic

Washington

Watson C. Squire (1838-1926), Republican
John L. Wilson (1850-1912), Republican

West Virginia

Charles J. Faulkner (1847-1929), Democratic
Stephen B. Elkins (1841-1911), Republican

Wisconsin

William F. Vilas (1840-1908), Democratic

John L. Mitchell (1842-1904), Democratic

Wyoming

Clarence D. Clark (1851-1930), Republican
Francis E. Warren (1844-1929), Republican

House of Representatives

Alabama

1. Richard H. Clarke (1843-1906), Democratic
2. Jesse F. Stallings (1856-1928), Democratic
3. George P. Harrison (1841-1922), Democratic
4. Gaston A. Robbins (1858-1902), Democratic ...contested election, served until March 13, 1896.
: William F. Aldrich (1853-1925), Republican ...contested election, seated March 13, 1896.
5. James E. Cobb (1835-1903), Democratic …contested election, served until April 21, 1896.
: Albert T. Goodwyn (1842-1931), Populist ...contested election, seated April 22, 1896.
6. John H. Bankhead (1842-1920), Democratic
7. M.W. Howard (1862-1937), Populist
8. Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906), Democratic
9. Oscar W. Underwood (1862-1929), Democratic ...contested election, served until June 9, 1896.
: Truman H. Aldrich (1848-1932), Republican ...contested election, seated June 9, 1896.

Arkansas

1. Philip D. McCulloch, Jr. (1851-1928), Democratic
2. John S. Little (1853-1916), Democratic
3. Thomas C. McRae (1851-1929), Democratic
4. William L. Terry (1850-1917), Democratic
5. Hugh A. Dinsmore (1850-1930), Democratic
6. Robert Neill (1838-1907), Democratic

California

1. John A. Barham (1843-1926), Republican
2. Grove L. Johnson (1841-1926), Republican
3. Samuel G. Hilborn (1834-1899), Republican
4. James G. Maguire (1853-1920), Democratic
5. Eugene F. Loud (1847-1908), Republican
6. James McLachlan (1852-1940), Republican
7. William W. Bowers (1834-1917), Republican

Colorado

1. John F. Shafroth (1854-1922), Republican
2 John C. Bell (1851-1933), Populist

Connecticut

1. E. Stephens Henry (1836-1921), Republican
2. Nehemiah D. Sperry (1827-1911), Republican
3. Charles A. Russell (1852-1902), Republican
4. Ebenezer J. Hill (1845-1917), Republican

Delaware

Jonathan S. Willis (1830-1903), Republican

Florida

1. S.M. Sparkman (1849-1929), Democratic
2. Charles M. Cooper (1856-1923), Democratic

Georgia

1. Rufus E. Lester (1837-1906), Democratic
2. Benjamin E. Russell (1845-1909), Democratic
3. Charles F. Crisp (1845-1896), Democratic ...died in office October 23, 1896.
: Charles R. Crisp (1870-1937), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 19, 1896.
4. Charles L. Moses (1856-1910), Democratic
5. Leonidas F. Livingston (1832-1912), Democratic
6. Charles L. Bartlett (1853-1938), Democratic
7. John W. Maddox (1848-1922), Democratic
8. Thomas G. Lawson (1835-1912), Democratic
9. Farish Carter Tate (1856-1922), Democratic
10. James C.C. Black (1842-1928), Democratic ...resigned March 4, 1895, before Congress assembled, elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1895.
11. Henry G. Turner (1839-1904), Democratic

Idaho

Edgar Wilson (1861-1915), Republican

Illinois

1. J. Frank Aldrich (1853-1933), Republican
2. William Lorimer (1861-1934), Republican
3. Lawrence E. McGann (1852-1928), Democratic ...resigned December 2, 1895.
: Hugh R. Belknap (1860-1901), Republican ...contested election, seated December 27, 1895.
4. Charles W. Woodman (1844-1898), Republican
5. George E. White (1848-1935), Republican
6. Edward D. Cooke (1849-1897), Republican
7. George E. Foss (1863-1936), Republican
8. Albert J. Hopkins (1846-1922), Republican
9. Robert R. Hitt (1834-1906), Republican
10. George W. Prince (1854-1939), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1895.
11. Walter Reeves (1848-1909), Republican
12. Joseph G. Cannon (1836-1926), Republican
13. Vespasian Warner (1842-1925), Republican
14. J.V. Graff (1854-1921), Republican
15. Benjamin F. Marsh (1839-1905), Republican
16. Finis E. Downing (1846-1936), Democratic …contested election, served until June 5, 1896.
: John I. Rinaker (1830-1915), Republican ...contested election, seated June 5, 1896.
17. James A. Connolly (1843-1914), Republican
18. William F.L. Hadley (1847-1901), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1895.
: Frederick Remann (1847-1895), Republican ...died July 14, 1895, before Congress assembled.
19. Benson Wood (1839-1915), Republican
20. Orlando Burrell (1826-1921), Republican
21. Everett J. Murphy (1852-1922), Republican
22. George W. Smith (1846-1907), Republican

Indiana

1. James A. Hemenway (1860-1923), Republican
2. A.M. Hardy (1847-1927), Republican
3. Robert J. Tracewell (1852-1922), Republican
4. James E. Watson (1864-1948), Republican
5. Jesse Overstreet (1859-1910), Republican
6. Henry U. Johnson (1850-1939), Republican
7. Charles L. Henry (1849-1927), Republican
8. George W. Faris (1854-1914), Republican
9. J. Frank Hanly (1863-1920), Republican
10. Jethro A. Hatch (1837-1912), Republican
11. George W. Steele (1839-1922), Republican
12. J.D. Leighty (1839-1912), Republican
13. Lemuel W. Royse (1847-1946), Republican

Iowa

1. Samuel M. Clark (1842-1900), Republican
2. George M. Curtis (1844-1921), Republican
3. David B. Henderson (1840-1906), Republican
4. Thomas Updegraff (1834-1910), Republican
5. Robert G. Cousins (1859-1933), Republican
6. John F. Lacey (1841-1913), Republican
7. John A.T. Hull (1841-1928), Republican
8. William P. Hepburn (1833-1916), Republican
9. A.L. Hager (1850-1923), Republican
10. Jonathan P. Dolliver (1858-1910), Republican
11 George D. Perkins (1840-1914), Republican

Kansas

1. Case Broderick (1839-1920), Republican
2. O.L. Miller (1856-1926), Republican
3. S.S. Kirkpatrick (1848-1909), Republican
4. Charles Curtis (1860-1936), Republican
5. W.A. Calderhead (1844-1928), Republican
6. William Baker (1831-1910), Populist
7. Chester I. Long (1860-1934), Republican
A/L Richard W. Blue (1841-1907), Republican

Kentucky

1. John K. Hendrick (1849-1921), Democratic
2. John D. Clardy (1828-1918), Democratic
3. W. Godfrey Hunter (1841-1917), Republican
4. John W. Lewis (1841-1913), Republican
5. Walter Evans (1842-1923), Republican
6. Albert S. Berry (1836-1908), Democratic
7. William C. Owens (1849-1925), Democratic
8. James B. McCreary (1838-1918), Democratic
9. Samuel J. Pugh (1850-1922), Republican
10. Joseph M. Kendall (1863-1933), Democratic ...contested election, served until February 18, 1897.
: Nathan T. Hopkins (1852-1927), Republican ...contested election, seated February 18, 1897.
11. David G. Colson (1861-1904), Republican

Louisiana

1. Adolph Meyer (1842-1908), Democratic
2. Charles F. Buck (1841-1918), Democratic
3. Andrew Price (1854-1909), Democratic
4. Henry W. Ogden (1842-1905), Democratic
5. Charles J. Boatner (1849-1903), Democratic …contested election, seat declared vacant March 20, 1896, elected to fill vacancy, seated December 10, 1896.
6. Samuel M. Robertson (1852-1911), Democratic

Maine

1. Thomas B. Reed (1839-1902), Republican
2. Nelson Dingley, Jr. (1832-1899), Republican
3. Seth L. Milliken (1831-1897), Republican
4. Charles A. Boutelle (1839-1901), Republican

Maryland

1. Joshua W. Miles (1858-1929), Democratic
2. William B. Baker (1840-1911), Republican
3. Harry W. Rusk (1852-1926), Democratic
4. John K. Cowen (1844-1904), Democratic
5. Charles E. Coffin (1841-1912), Republican
6. George L. Wellington (1852-1927), Republican

Massachusetts

1. Ashley B. Wright (1841-1897), Republican
2. Frederick H. Gillett (1851-1935), Republican
3. Joseph Henry Walker (1829-1907), Republican
4. Lewis Dewart Apsley (1852-1925), Republican
5. William S. Knox (1843-1914), Republican
6. William Cogswell (1838-1895), Republican ...died May 22, 1895, before Congress assembled.
: William H. Moody (1853-1917), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1895.
7. William E. Barrett (1858-1906), Republican
8. Samuel W. McCall (1851-1923), Republican
9. John F. Fitzgerald (1863-1950), Democratic
10. Harrison H. Atwood (1863-1954), Republican
11. William F. Draper (1842-1910), Republican
12. Elijah A. Morse (1841-1898), Republican
13. John Simpkins (1862-1898), Republican

Michigan

1. John B. Corliss (1851-1929), Republican
2. George Spalding (1836-1915), Republican
3. Alfred Milnes (1844-1916), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1895.
4. Henry F. Thomas (1843-1912), Republican
5. William Alden Smith (1859-1932), Republican
6. David D. Aitken (1853-1930), Republican
7. Horace G. Snover (1847-1924), Republican
8. William S. Linton (1856-1927), Republican
9. Roswell P. Bishop (1843-1920), Republican
10. Rousseau O. Crump (1843-1901), Republican
11. John Avery (1824-1914), Republican
12. Samuel M. Stephenson (1831-1907), Republican

Minnesota

1. James A. Tawney (1855-1919), Republican
2. James T. McCleary (1853-1924), Republican
3. Joel P. Heatwole (1856-1910), Republican
4. Andrew R. Kiefer (1832-1904), Republican
5. Loren Fletcher (1833-1919), Republican
6. Charles A. Towne (1858-1928), Republican
7. Frank M. Eddy (1856-1929), Republican

Mississippi

1. John M. Allen (1846-1917), Democratic
2. John C. Kyle (1851-1913), Democratic
3. Thomas C. Catchings (1847-1927), Democratic
4. Hernando D. Money (1839-1912), Democratic
5. John S. Williams (1854-1932), Democratic
6. Walter M. Denny (1853-1926), Democratic
7. J.G. Spencer (1844-1926), Democratic

Missouri

1. C.N. Clark (1827-1902), Republican
2. Uriel S. Hall (1852-1932), Democratic
3. Alexander M. Dockery (1845-1926), Democratic
4. George C. Crowther (1849-1914), Republican
5. John C. Tarsney (1845-1920), Democratic ...contested election, served until February 27, 1896.
: Robert T. Van Horn (1824-1916), Republican ...contested election, seated February 27, 1896.
6. David A. De Armond (1844-1909), Democratic
7. John P. Tracey (1836-1910), Republican
8. Joel D. Hubbard (1860-1919), Republican
9. William M. Treloar (1850-1935), Republican
10. Richard Bartholdt (1855-1932), Republican
11. Charles F. Joy (1849-1921), Republican
12. Seth W. Cobb (1838-1909), Democratic
13. John H. Raney (1849-1928), Republican
14. Norman A. Mozley (1865-1922), Republican
15. Charles G. Burton (1846-1926), Republican

Montana

Charles S. Hartman (1861-1929), Republican

Nebraska

1. Jesse B. Strode (1845-1924), Republican
2. David H. Mercer (1857-1919), Republican
3. George D. Meiklejohn (1857-1929), Republican
4. Eugene J. Hainer (1851-1929), Republican
5. William E. Andrews (1854-1942), Republican
6. Omer M. Kem (1855-1942), Populist

Nevada

Francis G. Newlands (1848-1917), Democratic

New Hampshire

1. Cyrus A. Sulloway (1839-1917), Republican
2. Henry M. Baker (1841-1912), Republican

New Jersey

1. Henry C. Loudenslager (1852-1911), Republican
2. John J. Gardner (1845-1921), Republican
3. Benjamin F. Howell (1844-1933), Republican
4. Mahlon Pitney (1858-1924), Republican
5. James F. Stewart (1851-1904), Republican
6. Richard Wayne Parker (1848-1923), Republican
7. Thomas McEwan, Jr. (1854-1926), Republican
8. Charles N. Fowler (1852-1932), Republican

New York

1. Richard C. McCormick (1832-1901), Republican
2. Denis M. Hurley (1843-1899), Republican
3. Francis H. Wilson (1844-1910), Republican
4. Israel F. Fischer (1858-1940), Republican
5. Charles G. Bennett (1863-1914), Republican
6. James R. Howe (1839-1914), Republican
7. Franklin Bartlett (1847-1909), Democratic
8. John Murray Mitchell (1858-1905), Republican ...contested election, seated June 2, 1896.
: James J. Walsh (1858-1909), Democratic ...contested election, served until June 2, 1896.
9. Henry Clay Miner (1842-1900), Democratic
10. Amos J. Cummings (1841-1902), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1895.
11. William Sulzer (1863-1941), Democratic
12. George B. McClellan, Jr. (1865-1940), Democratic
13. Richard C. Shannon (1839-1920), Republican
14. Lemuel E. Quigg (1863-1919), Republican
15. Philip B. Low (1836-1912), Republican
16. Benjamin L. Fairchild (1863-1946), Republican
17. Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. (1854-1926), Republican
18. Jacob Le Fever (1830-1905), Republican
19. Frank S. Black (1853-1913), Republican ...resigned January 7, 1897.
20. George N. Southwick (1863-1912), Republican
21. David F. Wilber (1859-1928), Republican
22. Newton M. Curtis (1835-1910), Republican
23. Wallace T. Foote, Jr. (1864-1910), Republican
24. Charles A. Chickering (1843-1900), Republican
25. James S. Sherman (1855-1912), Republican
26. George W. Ray (1844-1925), Republican
27. Theodore L. Poole (1840-1900), Republican
28. Sereno E. Payne (1843-1914), Republican
29. Charles W. Gillet (1840-1908), Republican
30. James W. Wadsworth (1846-1926), Republican
31. Henry C. Brewster (1845-1928), Republican
32. R.B. Mahany (1864-1937), Republican
33. Charles Daniels (1825-1897), Republican
34. Warren B. Hooker (1856-1920), Republican

North Carolina

1. Harry Skinner (1855-1929), Populist
2. F.A. Woodard (1854-1915), Democratic
3. John G. Shaw (1859-1932), Democratic
4. William F. Strowd (1832-1911), Populist
5. Thomas Settle (1865-1919), Republican
6. James A. Lockhart (1850-1905), Democratic ...contested election, served until June 5, 1896.
: Charles H. Martin (1848-1931), Populist ...contested election, seated June 5, 1896.
7. A.C. Shuford (1858-1933), Populist
8. Romulus Z. Linney (1841-1910), Republican
9. Richmond Pearson (1852-1923), Republican

North Dakota

Martin N. Johnson (1850-1909), Republican

Ohio

1. Charles P. Taft (1843-1929), Republican
2. Jacob H. Bromwell (1848-1924), Republican
3. Paul J. Sorg (1840-1902), Democratic
4. Fernando C. Layton (1847-1926), Democratic
5. Francis B. De Witt (1849-1929), Republican
6. George W. Hulick (1833-1907), Republican
7. George W. Wilson (1840-1909), Republican
8. Luther M. Strong (1838-1903), Republican
9. James H. Southard (1851-1919), Republican
10. Lucien J. Fenton (1844-1922), Republican
11. Charles H. Grosvenor (1833-1917), Republican
12. David K. Watson (1849-1918), Republican
13. Stephen R. Harris (1824-1905), Republican
14. Winfield S. Kerr (1852-1917), Republican
15. Henry C. Van Voorhis (1852-1927), Republican
16. Lorenzo Danford (1829-1899), Republican
17. Addison S. McClure (1839-1903), Republican
18. Robert W. Tayler (1852-1910), Republican
19. Stephen A. Northway (1833-1898), Republican
20. Clifton B. Beach (1845-1902), Republican
21. Theodore E. Burton (1851-1929), Republican

Oregon

1. Binger Hermann (1843-1926), Republican
2. William R. Ellis (1850-1915), Republican

Pennsylvania

1. Henry H. Bingham (1841-1912), Republican
2. Robert Adams, Jr. (1849-1906), Republican
3. Frederick Halterman (1831-1907), Republican
4. John E. Reyburn (1845-1914), Republican
5. Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Republican
6. John B. Robinson (1846-1933), Republican
7. Irving P. Wanger (1852-1940), Republican
8. Joseph J. Hart (1859-1926), Democratic
9. Constantine J. Erdman (1846-1911), Democratic
10. Marriott Brosius (1843-1901), Republican
11. Joseph A. Scranton (1838-1908), Republican
12. John Leisenring (1853-1901), Republican
13. Charles N. Brumm (1838-1917), Republican
14. Ephraim M. Woomer (1844-1897), Republican
15. James H. Codding (1849-1919), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1895.
16. Fred C. Leonard (1856-1921), Republican
17. M.H. Kulp (1858-1911), Republican
18. Thaddeus M. Mahon (1840-1916), Republican
19. James A. Stahle (1829-1912), Republican
20. Josiah D. Hicks (1844-1923), Republican
21. Daniel B. Heiner (1854-1944), Republican
22. John Dalzell (1845-1927), Republican
23. William A. Stone (1846-1920), Republican
24. Ernest F. Acheson (1855-1917), Republican
25. Thomas W. Phillips (1835-1912), Republican
26. Matthew Griswold (1833-1919), Republican
27. Charles W. Stone (1843-1912), Republican
28. William C. Arnold (1851-1906), Republican
A/L Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Republican
A/L George F. Huff (1842-1912), Republican

Rhode Island

1. Melville Bull (1854-1909), Republican
2. Warren O. Arnold (1839-1910), Republican

South Carolina

1. William Elliott (1838-1907), Democratic ...contested election, served until June 4, 1896.
: George W. Murray (1853-1926), Republican ...contested election, seated June 4, 1896.
2. W. Jasper Talbert (1846-1931), Democratic
3. Asbury C. Latimer (1851-1908), Democratic
4. J. Stanyarne Wilson (1860-1928), Democratic
5. Thomas J. Strait (1846-1924), Democratic
6. John L. McLaurin (1860-1934), Democratic
7. J. William Stokes (1853-1901), Democratic ...contested election, seat declared vacant June 1, 1896, elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1896.

South Dakota

1. Robert J. Gamble (1851-1924), Republican
2. John A. Pickler (1844-1910), Republican

Tennessee

1. W.C. Anderson (1853-1902), Republican
2. Henry R. Gibson (1837-1938), Republican
3. Foster V. Brown (1852-1937), Republican
4. Benton McMillin (1845-1933), Democratic
5. James D. Richardson (1843-1914), Democratic
6. Joseph E. Washington (1851-1915), Democratic
7. Nicholas N. Cox (1837-1912), Democratic
8. John E. McCall (1859-1920), Republican
9. James C. McDearmon (1844-1902), Democratic
10 Josiah Patterson (1837-1904), Democratic

Texas

1. J.C. Hutcheson (1842-1924), Democratic
2. Samuel B. Cooper (1850-1918), Democratic
3. Charles Henderson Yoakum (1849-1909), Democratic
4. David B. Culberson (1830-1900), Democratic
5. Joseph W. Bailey (1862-1929), Democratic
6. Joseph Abbott (1840-1908), Democratic
7. George C. Pendleton (1845-1913), Democratic
8. Charles K. Bell (1853-1913), Democratic
9. J.D. Sayers (1841-1929), Democratic
10 Miles Crowley (1859-1921), Democratic
11. William H. Crain (1848-1896), Democratic ...died in office February 10, 1896.
: Rudolph Kleberg (1847-1924), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated March 5, 1896.
12. George H. Noonan (1828-1907), Republican
13. Jeremiah V. Cockrell (1832-1915), Democratic

Utah

Clarence E. Allen (1852-1932), Republican

Vermont

1. H. Henry Powers (1835-1913), Republican
2. William W. Grout (1836-1902), Republican

Virginia

1. William A. Jones (1849-1918), Democratic
2. D. Gardiner Tyler (1846-1927), Democratic
3. Tazewell Ellett (1856-1914), Democratic
4. W.R. McKenney (1851-1916), Democratic ...contested election, served until May 2, 1896.
: Robert T. Thorp (1850-1938), Republican ...contested election, seated May 2, 1896.
5. Claude A. Swanson (1862-1939), Democratic
6. Peter J. Otey (1840-1902), Democratic
7. Smith S. Turner (1842-1898), Democratic
8. Elisha E. Meredith (1848-1900), Democratic
9. James A. Walker (1832-1901), Republican
10. Henry St.G. Tucker (1853-1932), Democratic

Washington

1. S.C. Hyde (1842-1922), Republican
2. William H. Doolittle (1848-1914), Republican

West Virginia

1. B.B. Dovener (1842-1914), Republican
2. Alston G. Dayton (1857-1920), Republican
3. James H. Huling (1844-1918), Republican
4. Warren Miller (1847-1920), Republican

Wisconsin

1. Henry A. Cooper (1850-1931), Republican
2. Edward Sauerhering (1864-1924), Republican
3. Joseph W. Babcock (1850-1909), Republican
4. Theobald Otjen (1851-1924), Republican
5. Samuel S. Barney (1846-1919), Republican
6. Samuel A. Cook (1849-1918), Republican
7. Michael Griffin (1842-1899), Republican
8. E.S. Minor (1840-1924), Republican
9. Alexander Stewart (1829-1912), Republican
10. John J. Jenkins (1843-1911), Republican

Wyoming

Franklin Wheeler Mondell (1860-1939), Republican

Delegates

Arizona Territory

Nathan O. Murphy (1849-1908), Republican

New Mexico Territory

Thomas B. Catron (1840-1921), Republican

Oklahoma Territory

Dennis T. Flynn (1861-1939), Republican

Utah Territory

Frank J. Cannon (1859-1933), Republican ...admitted as a state, January 4, 1896.

Membership Changes

Main article: Fifty-fourth United States Congress - Membership Changes

Senate

House of Representatives

References

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