House of Representatives

• Republican
  Republican Party (United States)
  The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
  
  : 206 (majority)
• Democratic
  Democratic Party (United States)
  The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
  
  : 124
• Populist
  Populist Party (United States)
  The People's Party, also known as the "Populists", was a short-lived political party in the United States established in 1891. It was most important in 1892-96, then rapidly faded away...
  
  : 22
• Silver Republican
  Silver Republican Party
  The Silver Republican Party was a United States political faction active in the 1890s. It was so named because it split from the Republican Party over the issues of "Free Silver" and bimetallism. The main Republican Party supported the gold standard....
  
  : 3
• Silver
  Silver Party
  The Silver Party was a political party in the United States, most successful in Nevada, active from 1892-1911. The party supported a platform of bimetallism and "Free Silver."...
  
  : 1
• Independent Republican: 1

TOTAL members: 357

Leadership

Senate

• President: Garret Hobart
  Garret Hobart
  Garret Augustus Hobart was the 24th Vice President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897 until his death. He was the sixth American vice president to die in office....
  
   (R)
• President pro tempore
  President pro tempore of the United States Senate
  The President pro tempore is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. The United States Constitution states that the Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and the highest-ranking official of the Senate despite not being a member of the body...
  
  : William P. Frye
  William P. Frye
  William Pierce Frye was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served for 30 years and died in...
  
   (R)

House of Representatives

• Speaker
  Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
  The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...
  
  : Thomas Brackett Reed
  Thomas Brackett Reed
  Thomas Brackett Reed, , occasionally ridiculed as Czar Reed, was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889–1891 and from 1895–1899...
  
   (R)

Members

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

Senate

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

Classes of United States Senators

The three classes of United States Senators are currently made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that one of them is up for election every two years.A senator's...

, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1898; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1902.

Alabama 

• 2: John T. Morgan
  John Tyler Morgan
  John Tyler Morgan was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and a six-term U.S. senator from the state of Alabama after the war. He was a strong supporter of states rights and racial segregation through the Reconstruction era. He was an expansionist, arguing for...
  
   (D)
• 3: Edmund Pettus
  Edmund Pettus
  Edmund Winston Pettus , was an American lawyer, soldier, and legislator. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, during which he was captured three times, as well as a U.S...
  
   (D)

Arkansas 

• 3: James K. Jones
  James Kimbrough Jones
  James Kimbrough Jones was a United States Senator.-Biography:Born in Marshall County, Mississippi, Jones moved with his father to Dallas County, Arkansas in 1848...
  
   (D)
• 2: James H. Berry
  James Henderson Berry
  James Henderson Berry was a United States Senator and served as the 14th Governor of the State of Arkansas....
  
   (D)

California 

• 1: Stephen M. White
  Stephen M. White
  Stephen Mallory White was an American politician and an U.S. Senator from California.-Life:Born in San Francisco, Stephen White attended Santa Clara College and read law in the office of Charles Bruce Younger Sr. in Santa Cruz, California and was admitted to the bar in 1874...
  
   (D)
• 3: George C. Perkins
  George Clement Perkins
  George Clement Perkins was a U.S. Republican politician, who was the 14th governor of California from January 8, 1880, to January 10, 1883, and a United States senator from 1893 until 1915. He also served in the California State Senate...
  
   (R)

Colorado 

• 3: Henry M. Teller
  Henry Moore Teller
  Henry Moore Teller was a U.S. politician. Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885.-Biography:He served in the Senate and Cabinet for over thirty years, and was connected with the Free Silver question, beginning in 1880. During that time, he did much in and out of Congress with tongue and...
  
   (SR)
• 2: Edward O. Wolcott
  Edward Oliver Wolcott
  Edward Oliver Wolcott was a prominent American politician during the 1890s, who served for 12 years as a Senator from the state of Colorado....
  
   (R)

Connecticut 

• 3: Orville H. Platt
  Orville H. Platt
  Orville Hitchcock Platt was a United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in Washington, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and graduated from The Gunnery in Washington. He studied law in Litchfield, and was admitted to the bar in 1850, commencing practice in Towanda, Pennsylvania...
  
   (R)
• 1: Joseph R. Hawley
  Joseph Roswell Hawley
  Joseph Roswell Hawley was the 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a U.S. politician in the Republican and Free Soil parties, a Civil War general, and a journalist and newspaper editor. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was a four-term U.S...
  
   (R)

Delaware 

• 1: George Gray
  George Gray (senator)
  George Gray was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Attorney General of Delaware, U.S. Senator from Delaware and Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.-Early life and...
  
   (D)
• 2: Richard R. Kenney
  Richard R. Kenney
  Richard Rolland Kenney was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who was a U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:...
  
   (D)

Florida 

• 1: Samuel Pasco
  Samuel Pasco
  Samuel Pasco was a United States Senator from Florida.-Biography:Born in London, England, he moved to the United States with his family as a child and settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Pasco attended Harvard University and then moved to Florida in 1859...
  
   (D)
• 3: Stephen R. Mallory
  Stephen Mallory II
  Stephen Russell Mallory, Jr. was a U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative from Florida who served as a Democrat. He was the son of U.S...
  
   (D), from May 15, 1897

Georgia 

• 2: Augustus O. Bacon
  Augustus Octavius Bacon
  Augustus Octavius Bacon was a U.S. politician. He served as a Democratic Party senator from Georgia.-Biography:...
  
   (D)
• 3: Alexander S. Clay
  Alexander S. Clay
  Alexander Stephens Clay was a United States Senator from Georgia.Clay was born in Powder Springs, Georgia, and graduated from Hiwassee College in Tennessee in 1875. He was admitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced practice in Marietta, Georgia...
  
   (D)

Idaho 

• 2: George L. Shoup
  George Laird Shoup
  George Laird Shoup was the first Governor of Idaho, serving a short time after statehood in 1890 before becoming one of the state's first United States Senators....
  
   (R)
• 3: Henry Heitfeld
  Henry Heitfeld
  Henry Heitfeld was an American politician. A Populist, he served as a United States Senator from Idaho.-Early life:...
  
   (P)

Illinois 

• 2: Shelby M. Cullom
  Shelby Moore Cullom
  Shelby Moore Cullom was a U.S. political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois....
  
   (R)
• 3: William E. Mason
  William E. Mason
  William Ernest Mason was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois.Mason was born in Franklinville, New York. His family moved to Bentonsport, Iowa when he was 8. He attended Birmingham College. After graduating, he taught at Bentonsport Academy, which he had previously attended...
  
   (R)

Indiana 

• 1: David Turpie
  David Turpie
  David Battle Turpie was an American politician.Turpie was born in Hamilton County, Ohio. He grew up in Ohio and graduated from Kenyon College in 1848. He studied law and moved to Logansport, Indiana where he set up a law practice...
  
   (D)
• 3: Charles W. Fairbanks
  Charles W. Fairbanks
  Charles Warren Fairbanks was a Senator from Indiana and the 26th Vice President of the United States ....
  
   (R)

Iowa 

• 3: William B. Allison
  William B. Allison
  William Boyd Allison was an early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, who represented northeastern Iowa for four consecutive terms in the U.S. House before representing his state for six consecutive terms in the U.S. Senate...
  
   (R)
• 2 John H. Gear
  John H. Gear
  John Henry Gear was the 11th Governor of Iowa, United States Representative, and Senator.-Biography:Born in Ithaca, New York, he attended the common schools and moved to Galena, Illinois in 1836, to Fort Snelling, Iowa, in 1838, and to Burlington in 1843, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits...
  
   (R)

Kansas 

• 2: Lucien Baker
  Lucien Baker
  Lucien Baker was a United States Senator from Kansas.Baker was born near Cleveland, Ohio and moved with his parents to Morenci, Michigan...
  
   (R)
• 3: William A. Harris
  William A. Harris (Kansas)
  William Alexander Harris was a United States Representative and Senator from Kansas.-Early life and education:...
  
   (P)

Kentucky 

• 2: William Lindsay (D)
• 3: William J. Deboe
  William Joseph Deboe
  William Joseph Deboe was a U.S. Senator representing Kentucky from 1897 to 1903.Born in Crittenden County, Kentucky, Deboe attended Ewing College in Illinois, studying both law and medicine. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Louisville and practiced for a few years...
  
   (R)

Louisiana 

• 2: Donelson Caffery
  Donelson Caffery
  Donelson Caffery was an American politician from the state of Louisiana, a distinguished soldier in the American Civil War, and a sugar plantation owner.- Biography :...
  
   (D)
• 3: Samuel D. McEnery
  Samuel D. McEnery
  Samuel Douglas McEnery served as the 30th Governor of Louisiana from 1881 until 1888, and as a United States Senator from 1897 until 1910....
  
   (D)

Maine 

• 1: Eugene Hale
  Eugene Hale
  Eugene Hale was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.Born at Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for nine years as prosecuting attorney for Hancock County, Maine. He was elected to the Maine...
  
   (R)
• 2: William P. Frye
  William P. Frye
  William Pierce Frye was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served for 30 years and died in...
  
   (R)

Maryland 

• 1: Arthur Pue Gorman
  Arthur Pue Gorman
  Arthur Pue Gorman was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1881 to 1899 and from 1903 to 1906. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1869 to 1875...
  
   (D)
• 3: George Wellington
  George Wellington
  George Louis Wellington was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1897–1903. He also represented the sixth district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives....
  
   (R)

Massachusetts 

• 2: George F. Hoar
  George Frisbie Hoar
  George Frisbie Hoar was a prominent United States politician and United States Senator from Massachusetts. Hoar was born in Concord, Massachusetts...
  
   (R)
• 1: Henry Cabot Lodge
  Henry Cabot Lodge
  Henry Cabot "Slim" Lodge was an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts. He had the role of Senate Majority leader. He is best known for his positions on Meek policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles...
  
   (R)

Michigan 

• 2: James McMillan
  James McMillan (Senator)
  James McMillan was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Biography:McMillan was born in Hamilton, Ontario to William and Grace McMillan, both Scottish natives...
  
   (R)
• 1: Julius C. Burrows
  Julius C. Burrows
  Julius Caesar Burrows was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Early life and education:...
  
   (R)

Minnesota 

• 1: Cushman Davis
  Cushman Davis
  Cushman Kellogg Davis was an American politician who served as the seventh Governor of Minnesota from January 7, 1874 to January 7, 1876 and as a U.S. Senator in the 50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, and 56th United States Congresses, from March 4, 1887 until his death. Senator Davis served in...
  
   (R)
• 2: Knute Nelson
  Knute Nelson
  Knute Nelson was an Norwegian American politician. A Republican, he served in the Wisconsin Legislature and Minnesota Legislature, in the U.S. House of Representatives, as the 12th Governor of Minnesota, and as a U.S...
  
   (R)

Mississippi 

• 1: James Z. George
  James Z. George
  James Zachariah George was an American military officer, lawyer, writer, and politician. He was known as Mississippi's "Great Commoner."...
  
   (D)
  • Hernando D. Money
    Hernando Money
    Hernando DeSoto Money was an American politician from the state of Mississippi.-Biography:Money was born in Holmes County, Mississippi. He was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto. Early in his life, he moved with his family to Carrollton, Mississippi...
    
     (D)
• 2: Edward C. Walthall
  Edward C. Walthall
  Edward Cary Walthall was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Mississippi.-Biography:...
  
   (D)
  • William V. Sullivan
    William V. Sullivan
    William Van Amberg Sullivan was a United States Representative and Senator from Mississippi.-Biography:Born near Winona, Mississippi, he attended the common schools in Panola County and the University of Mississippi at Oxford, where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall...
    
     (D)

Missouri 

• 1: Francis M. Cockrell
  Francis Cockrell
  Francis Marion Cockrell was a Confederate military commander and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States Senator from Missouri for five terms. He was a prominent member of the famed South–Cockrell–Hargis family of Southern politicians.-Early life:Cockrell was...
  
   (D)
• 3: George G. Vest
  George Graham Vest
  George Graham Vest was a U.S. politician. Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, he was known for his skills in oration and debate. Vest, a lawyer as well as a politician, served as a Missouri Congressman, a Confederate Congressman during the Civil War, and finally a US Senator...
  
   (D)

Montana 

• 1: Lee Mantle
  Lee Mantle
  Lee Mantle was a United States Senator from Montana.Born in Birmingham, England, his mother converted to Mormonism and immigrated to the United States with her children; they settled at Salt Lake City, Utah in 1864...
  
   (SR
  Republican Party (United States)
  The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
  
  )
• 2: Thomas H. Carter
  Thomas Henry Carter
  Thomas Henry Carter was a delegate, a United States Representative, and a U.S. Senator from Montana.-Early life:...
  
   (R)

Nebraska 

• 1: William V. Allen
  William V. Allen
  William Vincent Allen was a jurist and twice a U.S. Senator from Nebraska.Allen was born in Midway, Ohio. He moved with his parents to Iowa in 1857, where he attended the common schools and Upper Iowa University at Fayette, Iowa...
  
   (P)
• 2: John M. Thurston (R)

Nevada 

• 3: John P. Jones
  John P. Jones
  John Percival Jones was an American politician who served for 30 years as a Republican United States Senator from Nevada. He made a fortune in silver mining and was a co-founder of the town of Santa Monica, California....
  
   (S)
• 1: William M. Stewart
  William M. Stewart
  William Morris Stewart was an American lawyer and politician.-Biography:Stewart was born in Wayne County, New York. As a child he moved with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio. As a young man he was a mathematics teacher in Ohio. In 1849 he began attending Yale University but left in 1850 to...
  
   (S)

New Hampshire 

• 2: William E. Chandler
  William E. Chandler
  William Eaton Chandler was a lawyer who served as United States Secretary of the Navy and as a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire.-Early life:...
  
   (R)
• 3: Jacob H. Gallinger
  Jacob Harold Gallinger
  Jacob Harold Gallinger , was a United States Senator from New Hampshire who served as President pro tempore of the Senate in 1912 and 1913.-Biography:...
  
   (R)

New Jersey 

• 1: James Smith, Jr.
  James Smith, Jr.
  James Smith, Jr. was a newspaper publisher and US Senator from New Jersey.-Biography:Born in Newark, New Jersey, Smith attended private schools and St. Mary's College, in Wilmington, Delaware. He was engaged in the dry-goods and importing business, and later became a manufacturer of leather in...
  
   (D)
• 2: William J. Sewell
  William Joyce Sewell
  William Joyce Sewell was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland immigrating to the United States in 1851 where he worked in the merchant industry in Chicago, Illinois before moving to Camden, New Jersey in 1860...
  
   (R)

New York 

• 1: Edward Murphy, Jr.
  Edward Murphy, Jr.
  Edward Murphy, Jr. was a single term United States Senator from New York, a businessman, and mayor of Troy, New York.-Birth and early years:...
  
   (D)
• 3: Thomas C. Platt
  Thomas C. Platt
  Thomas Collier Platt was a two-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a three-term U.S. Senator from New York in the years 1881 and 1897-1909 — is best known as the "political boss" of the Republican Party in New York State in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century...
  
   (R)

North Carolina 

• 3: Jeter C. Pritchard
  Jeter Connelly Pritchard
  Jeter Connelly Pritchard was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1895 and 1903. He was the only Republican to represent a southern state in the United States Senate during that time....
  
   (R)
• 2: Marion Butler
  Marion Butler
  Marion Butler was a Populist U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1895 and 1901.-Early life:Butler was born in rural Sampson County, North Carolina during the American Civil War. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, where he was a member of the Philanthropic...
  
   (P)

North Dakota 

• 3: Henry C. Hansbrough
  Henry C. Hansbrough
  Henry Clay Hansbrough was a United States politician who served as the first United States Representative from North Dakota, as well as a Senator from North Dakota.-Biography:...
  
   (R)
• 1: William N. Roach
  William N. Roach
  William Nathaniel Roach was a United States Senator from North Dakota.-Biography:Born in Washington, D.C., he attended the public schools, Gonzaga College High School and Georgetown University. He was a clerk in the quartermaster's department during the Civil War...
  
   (D)

Ohio 

• 1: John Sherman
  John Sherman (politician)
  John Sherman, nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" , was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act...
  
   (R)
  • Marcus A. Hanna
    Mark Hanna
    Marcus Alonzo "Mark" Hanna was a United States Senator from Ohio and the friend and political manager of President William McKinley...
    
     (R)
• 3: Joseph B. Foraker
  Joseph B. Foraker
  Joseph Benson Foraker was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 37th Governor of Ohio from 1886 to 1890.-Early life:...
  
   (R)

Oregon 

• 2: George W. McBride
  George W. McBride
  George Wycliffe McBride was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Oregon. An Oregon native, he served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly as Speaker of the House and as Oregon Secretary of State for two terms before election as United States Senator from Oregon. A Republican, he was...
  
   (R)
• 3: Joseph Simon
  Joseph Simon
  Joseph Simon was a German-born politician and attorney in the U.S. state of Oregon. He was born in Bechtheim, Germany, and his family immigrated to the United States when he was one year old, settling in Portland, Oregon. A Republican, Simon served on the city council before election to the Oregon...
  
   (R), from October 7, 1898

Pennsylvania 

• 1: Matthew S. Quay
  Matthew Quay
  Matthew Stanley Quay was an immensely powerful Pennsylvania political boss; "kingmaker" . "Boss" Quay's political principles and actions stood in contrast to an unusually attractive personality...
  
   (R)
• 3: Boies Penrose
  Boies Penrose
  Boies Penrose was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1897 until his death in 1921.-Biography:...
  
   (R)

Rhode Island 

• 1: Nelson W. Aldrich
  Nelson W. Aldrich
  Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the Senate, where he served from 1881 to 1911....
  
   (R)
• 2: George P. Wetmore
  George P. Wetmore
  George Peabody Wetmore was the 37th Governor and a United States Senator from Rhode Island.-Early life:George Peabody Wetmore was born in London, England, during a visit of his parents abroad. His father was William Shepard Wetmore, a wealthy Yankee trader. George Wetmore received his early...
  
   (R)

South Carolina 

• 2: Benjamin R. Tillman
  Benjamin Tillman
  Benjamin Ryan Tillman was an American politician who served as the 84th Governor of South Carolina, from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator, from 1895 until his death in office. Tillman's views were a matter of national controversy.Tillman was a member of the Democratic Party...
  
   (D)
• 3: Joseph H. Earle
  Joseph H. Earle
  Joseph Haynsworth Earle was a United States Senator from South Carolina. Born in Greenville, he attended private schools in Sumter. He was a first year cadet at the South Carolina Military Academy at the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army...
  
   (D)
  • John L. McLaurin
    John L. McLaurin
    John Lowndes McLaurin was a United States Representative and Senator from South Carolina; born in Red Bluff, South Carolina, he attended schools at Bennettsville, South Carolina and Englewood, New Jersey as well as Bethel Military Academy and Swarthmore College He graduated from the Carolina...
    
     (D)

South Dakota 

• 2: Richard F. Pettigrew
  Richard F. Pettigrew
  Richard Franklin Pettigrew was an American lawyer, surveyor, and land developer. He represented the Dakota Territory in the U.S. Congress and, after the Dakotas were admitted as States, he was the first U.S. Senator from South Dakota.-Biography:Pettigrew was born in Ludlow, Windsor County,...
  
   (SR
  Republican Party (United States)
  The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
  
  )
• 3: James H. Kyle
  James H. Kyle
  James Henderson Kyle was an American politician. One of the most successful members of the Populist Party he served for 10 years as a member of the United States Senate from South Dakota from 1891 until his death....
  
   (P)

Tennessee 

• 2: Isham G. Harris
  Isham G. Harris
  Isham Green Harris was an American politician. He served as Governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862 and as a U.S. Senator from 1877 until his death....
  
   (D)
  • Thomas B. Turley
    Thomas B. Turley
    Thomas Battle Turley was a Tennessee attorney who served as a Democratic United States Senator from 1897 to 1901.-Biography:...
    
     (D)
• 1: William B. Bate
  William B. Bate
  William Brimage Bate was the governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887 and subsequently a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1887 until his death...
  
   (D)

Texas 

• 1: Roger Q. Mills
  Roger Q. Mills
  Roger Quarles Mills was an American politician and an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Background:...
  
   (D)
• 2: Horace Chilton
  Horace Chilton
  Horace Chilton was a printer, lawyer, and Democratic United States Senator from Texas.Chilton - a grandson of Thomas Chilton - was born near Tyler, Texas, and by age 18 was publishing the tri-weekly Tyler Sun newspaper...
  
   (D)

Utah 

• 1: Frank J. Cannon (SR
  Republican Party (United States)
  The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
  
  )
• 3: Joseph L. Rawlins
  Joseph Lafayette Rawlins
  Joseph Lafayette Rawlins was a delegate from the Territory of Utah and a Senator from Utah.Rawlins was born at Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah on March 28, 1850....
  
   (D)

Vermont 

• 3: Justin S. Morrill
  Justin Smith Morrill
  Justin Smith Morrill was a Representative and a Senator from Vermont, most widely remembered today for the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act that established federal funding for establishing many of the United States' public colleges and universities...
  
   (R)
  • Jonathan Ross
    Jonathan Ross (senator)
    Jonathan Ross was a United States Senator from Vermont.Born in Waterford, Vermont, he attended the public schools and St. Johnsbury Academy; he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1851 and was principal of the Chelsea and Craftsbury Academies from 1851 to 1856. He studied law, was admitted to the...
    
     (R)
• 1: Redfield Proctor
  Redfield Proctor
  Redfield Proctor was a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. He served as the 37th Governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880, as Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891, and as a United States Senator for Vermont from 1891 to 1908....
  
   (R)

Virginia 

• 1: John W. Daniel
  John W. Daniel
  John Warwick Daniel was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and represented Virginia in both the U.S. House and then five terms in the Senate...
  
   (D)
• 2: Thomas S. Martin
  Thomas S. Martin
  Thomas Staples Martin was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Charlottesville, Virginia. He represented Virginia in the United States Senate for nearly twenty-five years....
  
   (D)

Washington 

• 1: John L. Wilson
  John L. Wilson
  John Lockwood Wilson was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. states of Indiana and Washington. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate...
  
   (R)
• 3: George Turner
  George Turner (U.S. politician)
  George Turner was a United States Senator from Washington.Born in Edina, Missouri, he attended the common schools and served as a military telegraph operator with the Union Army from 1861 to 1865. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1869, commencing practice in Mobile, Alabama...
  
   (SR
  Republican Party (United States)
  The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
  
  )

West Virginia 

• 1: Charles J. Faulkner
  Charles James Faulkner
  Charles James Faulkner was a United States Senator from West Virginia and the son of Charles James Faulkner, a U.S. Representative from Virginia and West Virginia. Born on the family estate, "Boydville," near Martinsburg, Virginia , he accompanied his father, who was U.S...
  
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• 2: Stephen B. Elkins
  Stephen Benton Elkins
  Stephen Benton Elkins was an American industrialist and political figure. He served as the Secretary of War between 1891 and 1893...
  
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Wisconsin 

• 1: John L. Mitchell
  John L. Mitchell
  John Lendrum Mitchell was an American politician and a Democratic Congressman, Senator from Wisconsin, and a member of the Wisconsin State Senate. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
  
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• 3: John C. Spooner
  John Coit Spooner
  John Coit Spooner was a Republican politician and lawyer from Wisconsin. He served in the United States Senate from 1885 to 1891 and from 1897 to 1907.-Biography:...
  
   (R)

Wyoming 

• 1: Clarence D. Clark
  Clarence D. Clark
  Clarence Don Clark was a teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York who participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was one of that state's first congressmen.-Biography:...
  
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• 2: Francis E. Warren
  Francis E. Warren
  Francis Emroy Warren was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming.-Early life and military service:...
  
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House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama 

. George W. Taylor

George W. Taylor

George Washington Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born on "Roselawn" plantation near Montgomery, Alabama, Taylor attended private schools....

 (D). Jesse F. Stallings

Jesse F. Stallings

Jesse Francis Stallings was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born near Manningham, Alabama, Stallings completed preparatory studies and was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1877....

 (D). Henry D. Clayton (D). Thomas S. Plowman

Thomas S. Plowman

Thomas Scales Plowman was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Talladega, Alabama, Plowman attended the common schools.Joined the Confederate States Army in May 1862 as a member of Company F, Fifty-first Alabama Cavalry....

 (D)

• • William F. Aldrich
    William F. Aldrich
    William Farrington Aldrich was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, brother of Truman Heminway Aldrich and great-great-grandfather of William J...
    
     (R). Willis Brewer
    Willis Brewer
    Willis Brewer was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born near Livingston, Alabama, Brewer attended the common schools.He entered the Confederate States Army at the age of eighteen years.Journalist, author, and planter....
    
     (D). John H. Bankhead
    John H. Bankhead
    John Hollis Bankhead was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama.-Biography:He was born on September 13, 1842. He was appointed, then elected, to serve out the remainder of the term left by the death of John Tyler Morgan, and was later re-elected twice. He served in the Senate from June 18, 1907...
    
     (D). Milford W. Howard
    Milford W. Howard
    Milford Wriarson Howard was a United States Representative from Alabama.Howard was first elected to the House of Representatives as a Populist in 1894. He was reelected in 1896 but did not seek another term in 1898. Howard returned to his hometown of Fort Payne, Alabama to practice law...
    
     (P). Joseph Wheeler
    Joseph Wheeler
    Joseph Wheeler was an American military commander and politician. He has the rare distinction of serving as a general during war time for two opposing forces: first as a noted cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War, and later as a general in the...
    
     (D). Oscar Underwood
    Oscar Underwood
    Oscar Wilder Underwood was an American politician.Underwood was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 6, 1862. He was the grandson of Joseph R. Underwood, a Kentucky Senator circa 1850. He attended the University of Virginia at Charlottesville...
    
     (D)

Arkansas 

. Philip D. McCulloch, Jr.

Philip D. McCulloch, Jr.

Philip Doddridge McCulloch, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, McCulloch moved with his parents to Trenton, Tennessee, where he attended private schools and Andrew College. McCulloch studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1872, after which he began a...

 (D). John S. Little

John Sebastian Little

John Sebastian Little was a member of the United States House of Representatives and the 21st Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas....

 (D). Thomas C. McRae

Thomas Chipman McRae

Thomas Chipman McRae was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and was the 26th Governor of Arkansas from 1921 to 1925.-Biography:...

 (D). William L. Terry

William L. Terry

William Leake Terry was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, father of David Dickson Terry.Born near Wadesboro, North Carolina, Terry moved with his parents to Tippah County, Mississippi, in 1857 and to Pulaski County, Arkansas, in 1861.He attended Bingham's Military Academy, North Carolina, and...

 (D). Hugh A. Dinsmore

Hugh A. Dinsmore

Hugh Anderson Dinsmore was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born at Cave Springs, Arkansas, Dinsmore attended private schools in Benton and Washington Counties.He studied law in Bentonville....

 (D). Stephen Brundidge, Jr.

Stephen Brundidge, Jr.

Stephen Brundidge, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born in Searcy, Arkansas, Brundidge was educated by private tutors and in the public schools in his native city.He studied law....

 (D)

California 

. John A. Barham

John All Barham

John All Barham was a U.S. Representative from California.Born on a farm in Cass County, Missouri, Barham moved to California in 1849 with his parents, who settled in Woodland. He attended the common schools and Hesperian College in Woodland, then taught in the public schools, 1864-1876...

 (R). Marion De Vries

Marion De Vries

Marion De Vries was a United States Representative from California. He was born on a ranch near Woodbridge, San Joaquin County, California. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the San Joaquin Valley College, Woodbridge, California in 1886 and from the law department of the...

 (D). Samuel G. Hilborn

Samuel G. Hilborn

Samuel Greeley Hilborn was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine, Hilborn attended the common schools, Hebron Academy, and Gould's Academy, Bethel, Maine, and was graduated from Tufts College, Medford, Massachusetts, in 1859.He studied law and was...

 (R). James G. Maguire

James G. Maguire

James George Maguire was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Maguire moved with his parents to California in February 1854. He attended the public schools of Watsonville in Santa Cruz County and the private academy of Joseph K....

 (D). Eugene F. Loud

Eugene F. Loud

Eugene Francis Loud was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Abington, Massachusetts, Loud went to sea and afterward settled in California....

 (R). Charles A. Barlow

Charles A. Barlow

Charles Averill Barlow was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Barlow attended the common schools. He moved to Ventura, California, in 1875 and to San Luis Obispo County, California, 1889....

 (P). Curtis H. Castle

Curtis H. Castle

Curtis Harvey Castle was a U.S. Representative from California.Born near Galesburg, Illinois, Castle attended the public schools and Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois....

 (P)

Colorado 

. John F. Shafroth

John F. Shafroth

John Franklin Shafroth was a United States Representative and Senator from Colorado. Born in Fayette, Missouri, he attended the common schools and graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1875. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in Fayette...

 (SR

Silver Republican Party

The Silver Republican Party was a United States political faction active in the 1890s. It was so named because it split from the Republican Party over the issues of "Free Silver" and bimetallism. The main Republican Party supported the gold standard....

). John C. Bell

John Calhoun Bell

John Calhoun Bell was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.Born near Sewanee, Tennessee, Bell attended public and private schools in Franklin County. He studied law in Winchester, Tennessee, and was admitted to the bar in 1874. He moved to Colorado in 1874 and commenced practice in Del Norte,...

 (P)

Connecticut 

. E. Stevens Henry

E. Stevens Henry

Edward Stevens Henry was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in the town of Gill, Massachusetts, Henry moved to Rockville, Connecticut.He attended the public schools.He engaged in the dry-goods business....

 (R). Nehemiah D. Sperry

Nehemiah D. Sperry

Nehemiah Day Sperry was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Sperry attended the common schools and a private school in New Haven....

 (R). Charles A. Russell (R). Ebenezer J. Hill

Ebenezer J. Hill

Ebenezer J. Hill was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Redding, Connecticut, Hill attended the public schools, Center Academy, and Yale College in 1865 and 1866....

 (R)

Florida 

. Stephen M. Sparkman

Stephen M. Sparkman

Stephen Milancthon Sparkman was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born on a farm in Hernando County, Florida, Sparkman attended the common schools.He taught school 1867-1870.He studied law....

 (D). Robert W. Davis

Robert Wyche Davis

Robert Wyche Davis was a United States Representative from Florida.Born near Albany, Georgia, Davis attended public schools. He enlisted in 1863 in the Fifth Georgia Regiment of the Confederate States Army at the age of 14...

 (D)

Georgia 

. Rufus E. Lester

Rufus E. Lester

Rufus Ezekiel Lester was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born near Waynesboro, Georgia, Lester was graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1857.He studied law....

 (D). James M. Griggs

James M. Griggs

James Mathews Griggs was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born in Lagrange, Georgia, Griggs attended the common schools and was graduated from the Peabody Normal College, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1881....

 (D). Elijah B. Lewis

Elijah B. Lewis

Elijah Banks Lewis was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born in Coney, Crisp County, Georgia, Lewis attended the common schools of Dooly and Macon Counties, Spalding Seminary, Spalding, Georgia, and a business school in Macon, Georgia.He moved to Montezuma, Georgia, in 1871 and engaged in...

 (D). William C. Adamson

William C. Adamson

William Charles Adamson was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born in Bowdon, Georgia, Adamson attended the common schools.He was graduated from Bowdon College in 1874.He studied law....

 (D). Leonidas F. Livingston

Leonidas F. Livingston

Leonidas Felix Livingston was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born near Covington, Georgia, Livingston attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 (D). Charles L. Bartlett

Charles Lafayette Bartlett

Charles Lafayette Bartlett was a U.S. political figure, a Democrat, a US Congressman from Georgia.Bartlett was born in Monticello, Georgia. He graduated in 1870 with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Georgia in Athens. While at UGA, he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society...

 (D). John W. Maddox

John W. Maddox

John W. Maddox was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born on a farm near Gore, Georgia, Maddox attended the common schools....

 (D). William M. Howard

William Marcellus Howard

William Marcellus Howard was a noted jurist and politician from the American state of Georgia.Howard was born in Berwick, Louisiana and moved to Georgia with his family while in his youth...

 (D). Farish C. Tate

Farish Carter Tate

Farish Carter Tate was a Georgia state legislator, U.S. Representative and lawyer.Tate was born in Jasper, Georgia, in 1856. He attended North Georgia Agricultural College in Dahlonega...

 (D). William H. Fleming

William Henry Fleming

William Henry Fleming was an American politician and lawyer from the U.S. state of Georgia.Fleming was born in Augusta, Georgia. He attended Summerville Academy and Academy of Richmond County and the University of Georgia in Athens where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society...

 (D). William G. Brantley

William Gordon Brantley

William Gordon Brantley was an American politician and lawyer.Brantley was born in Blackshear, Georgia...

 (D)

Idaho 

. James Gunn

James Gunn (congressman)

James Gunn was a U. S. Congressman from the state of Idaho.-Biography:Gunn was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, and emigrated to America with his parents. The family settled in Wisconsin where he attended the common schools...

 (P)

Illinois 

. James R. Mann (R). William Lorimer

William Lorimer (politician)

William Lorimer was a U.S. Representative from the State of Illinois. He subsequently served in the United States Senate and was known as the "Blond Boss" in Chicago. In 1912, however, the Senate held Lorimer's election invalid due to the use of corrupt methods and practices including...

 (R). Hugh R. Belknap

Hugh R. Belknap

Hugh Reid Belknap was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Keokuk, Iowa, Belknap attended the public schools, Adams Academy, Quincy, Massachusetts, and Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. At the age of eighteen he entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co...

 (R). Daniel W. Mills

Daniel W. Mills

Daniel Thomas Mills was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Waynesville, Ohio, Mills attended the common schools of Rayesville and the Waynesville High School....

 (R). George E. White

George E. White

George Elon White was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Millbury, Massachusetts, White attended the public schools....

 (R). Edward D. Cooke

Edward D. Cooke

Edward Dean Cooke was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Cascade, Iowa, Cooke attended the common schools, the local academy, and the high school at Dubuque....

 (R)

• • Henry S. Boutell
    Henry Sherman Boutell
    thumb|Henry Sherman Boutell was an American lawyer and diplomat.-Biography:Boutell was born at Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Lewis Henry and Anna Boutell. A colonial ancestry entitled him to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution and in the Society of Colonial Wars. His college...
    
     (R). George E. Foss
    George E. Foss
    George Edmund Foss was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was a brother of Eugene Noble Foss.-Biography:Born in West Berkshire, Vermont, Foss attended the common schools, and graduated from Harvard University in 1885....
    
     (R). Albert J. Hopkins
    Albert J. Hopkins
    Albert Jarvis Hopkins was a Congressman and U.S. Senator from Illinois.Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced in Aurora. He was elected to fill out the congressional term of Reuben Ellwood in 1885 and was re-elected in his own right for eight...
    
     (R). Robert R. Hitt
    Robert R. Hitt
    Robert Roberts Hitt was an Assistant Secretary of State and later a member of the United States House of Representatives....
    
     (R). George W. Prince
    George W. Prince
    George Washington Prince was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Tazewell County, Illinois, Prince attended the public schools.He was graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, in 1878.He studied law....
    
     (R). Walter Reeves
    Walter Reeves
    For the football player of the same name see Walter Reeves .Walter Reeves was a U.S...
    
     (R). Joseph G. Cannon
    Joseph Gurney Cannon
    Joseph Gurney Cannon was a United States politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and historians generally consider him to be the most dominant Speaker in United States history, with such...
    
     (R). Vespasian Warner
    Vespasian Warner
    Vespasian Warner was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Mount Pleasant , De Witt County, Illinois, Warner moved with his parents to Clinton, Illinois, in 1843....
    
     (R). Joseph V. Graff
    Joseph V. Graff
    Joseph Verdi Graff was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Graff was graduated from the Terre Haute High School, and attended Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, one year....
    
     (R). Benjamin F. Marsh
    Benjamin F. Marsh
    Benjamin Franklin Marsh was a U.S. Representative from Illinois in the late 19th century to early 20th century. He was also a lawyer, soldier, agriculture manager, stock raiser, and Illinois State Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner....
    
     (R). William H. Hinrichsen
    William H. Hinrichsen
    William Henry Hinrichsen was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Franklin, Illinois, Hinrichsen attended public schools and the Illinois Industrial University at Champaign. He engaged in newspaper work. Hinrichsen was elected Justice of the Peace in 1871 and reelected in 1873...
    
     (D). James A. Connolly
    James A. Connolly
    James Austin Connolly was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Newark, New Jersey, Connolly moved to Chesterville, Ohio, with his parents in 1850.He attended the common schools and Selby Academy, Chesterville, Ohio....
    
     (R). Thomas M. Jett
    Thomas M. Jett
    Thomas Marion Jett was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Greenville, Illinois, Jett attended the common schools and the Northern Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso, Indiana, for two years....
    
     (D). Andrew J. Hunter
    Andrew J. Hunter
    Andrew Jackson Hunter was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Hunter moved with his parents to Paris, Illinois, in 1832. He attended the common schools and Edgar Academy. He worked as a civil engineer from 1852 to 1856. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in...
    
     (D). James R. Campbell
    James R. Campbell
    James Romulus Campbell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois, Campbell attended the public schools and the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana.He studied law....
    
     (D). Jehu Baker
    Jehu Baker
    Jehu Baker was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Baker moved with his father to Lebanon, Illinois, in 1829....
    
     (D). George Washington Smith
    George Washington Smith (congressman)
    George Washington Smith was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Putnam County, Ohio, Smith moved with his father to Wayne County, Illinois, in 1850.Learned the blacksmith trade....
    
     (R)

Indiana 

. James A. Hemenway

James A. Hemenway

James Alexander Hemenway was a United States Representative and Senator from Indiana. Born in Boonville, Indiana, he attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Boonville in 1885...

 (R). Robert W. Miers

Robert W. Miers

Robert Walter Miers was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Greensburg, Indiana, Miers attended the common schools. He was graduated from the academic department of Indiana University at Bloomington in 1870 and from its law department in 1871. He was admitted to the bar in April 1872...

 (D). William T. Zenor

William T. Zenor

William Taylor Zenor was a United States Representative from Indiana.He was born near Corydon, Indiana and attended the common schools and the James G. May Seminary. He also studied law in New Albany, Indiana and was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Corydon...

 (D). William S. Holman

William S. Holman

William Steele Holman was a lawyer, judge and politician from Dearborn County, Indiana. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1865, 1867 to 1877, 1881 to 1895, and 1897, spanning sixteen Congresses...

 (D)

• • Francis M. Griffith
    Francis M. Griffith
    Francis Marion Griffith was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Moorefield, Indiana, Griffith attended the country schools of the county, the high school in Vevay, Indiana, and Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana....
    
     (D). George W. Faris
    George W. Faris
    George Washington Faris was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Rensselaer, Indiana, Faris attended the public schools.He was graduated from Asbury University, Greencastle, Indiana, in 1877....
    
     (R). Henry U. Johnson
    Henry U. Johnson
    Henry Underwood Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Cambridge City, Indiana, Johnson attended the Centerville Collegiate Institute and Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana.He studied law....
    
     (R). Jesse Overstreet
    Jesse Overstreet
    Jesse E. Overstreet was a U.S. Representative from Indiana. In 1900, Overstreet introduced the legislation that was ultimately passed as the Gold Standard Act....
    
     (R). Charles L. Henry
    Charles L. Henry
    Charles Lewis Henry was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Green Township, Indiana, Henry moved with his parents to Pendleton, Indiana. He attended the common schools and Asbury University and graduated from the law department of Indiana University at Bloomington in 1872...
    
     (R). Charles B. Landis
    Charles B. Landis
    Charles Beary Landis was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, brother of Congressman Frederick Landis and Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis....
    
     (R). Edgar D. Crumpacker
    Edgar D. Crumpacker
    Edgar Dean Crumpacker was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, father of Maurice Edgar Crumpacker and cousin of Shepard J...
    
     (R). George W. Steele
    George Washington Steele
    George Washington Steele was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician who twice served as a Congressman for Indiana, from 1881 to 1889 and again from 1895 to 1903...
    
     (R). James M. Robinson (D). Lemuel W. Royse
    Lemuel W. Royse
    Lemuel Willard Royse was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Pierceton, Indiana, Royse attended the common schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in Warsaw, Indiana....
    
     (R)

Iowa 

. Samuel M. Clark

Samuel M. Clark

Samuel Mercer Clark was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district at the end of the 19th century...

 (R). George M. Curtis

George M. Curtis

George Martin Curtis was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district.Born near Oxford, New York, to John S. and Elizabeth Curtis, Curtis moved to Ogle County, Illinois, in 1856 with his parents, who settled on a farm near Rochelle, Illinois...

 (R). David B. Henderson

David B. Henderson

David Bremner Henderson , a ten-term Republican Congressman from Dubuque, Iowa, was the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1903...

 (R). Thomas Updegraff

Thomas Updegraff

Thomas Updegraff was an attorney and five-term Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northeastern Iowa. His two periods of service were separated by ten years out of Congress....

 (R). Robert G. Cousins

Robert G. Cousins

Robert Gordon Cousins was an eight-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 5th congressional district...

 (R). John F. Lacey

John F. Lacey

John Fletcher Lacey was an eight-term Republican United States congressman from Iowa's 6th congressional district. He was also the author of the Lacey Act of 1900, which made it a crime to ship illegal game across state lines, and the Lacey Act of 1907, which further regulated the handling of...

 (R). John A. T. Hull

John A. T. Hull

John Albert Tiffin Hull was a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 7th congressional district...

 (R). William P. Hepburn

William Peters Hepburn

William Peters Hepburn was an American Civil War officer and an eleven-term Republican congressman from Iowa's now-obsolete 8th congressional district, serving from 1881 to 1887, and from 1893 to 1909...

 (R). Alva L. Hager

Alva L. Hager

Alva Lysander Hager was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district in the 1890s....

 (R). Jonathan P. Dolliver

Jonathan P. Dolliver

Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver was a Republican orator, U.S. Representative, then U.S. Senator from Iowa at the turn of the 20th century...

 (R). George D. Perkins

George D. Perkins

George Douglas Perkins was a longtime newspaper editor, Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district in northwestern Iowa, and unsuccessful candidate for his party's nomination as Governor of Iowa....

 (R)

Kansas 

. Case Broderick

Case Broderick

Case Broderick was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Marion, Indiana, Case Broderick was a cousin of David Colbreth Broderick and Andrew Kennedy. Broderick attended the common schools in Indiana. He moved to Holton, Kansas, in 1858 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Case Broderick...

 (R). Mason S. Peters

Mason S. Peters

Mason Summers Peters was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Clay County, Missouri near Kearney, he attended the William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri....

 (P). Edwin R. Ridgely

Edwin R. Ridgely

Edwin Reed Ridgely was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Lancaster, Illinois, Ridgely attended district school in the winter months....

 (P). Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States...

 (R). William D. Vincent

William D. Vincent

William Davis Vincent was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Dresden, Tennessee, Vincent moved with his parents to Riley County, Kansas, in 1858 and to Manhattan, Kansas, in 1864....

 (P). Nelson B. McCormick

Nelson B. McCormick

Nelson B. Mccormick was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, Mccormick attended the common schools....

 (P). Jerry Simpson

Jerry Simpson

Jeremiah Simpson , nicknamed "Sockless Jerry" Simpson, was an American politician from the U.S. state of Kansas. An old-style populist, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives three times....

 (P). Jeremiah D. Botkin

Jeremiah D. Botkin

Jeremiah Dunham Botkin was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born near Atlanta, Illinois, Botkin attended the country schools.Spent one year at De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana....

 (P)

Kentucky 

. Charles K. Wheeler

Charles K. Wheeler

Charles Kennedy Wheeler was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life and family:Charles K. Wheeler was born near Hopkinsville in Christian County, Kentucky. He was the youngest of twelve children born to Dr. James and Elizabeth Wheeler...

 (D). John D. Clardy

John Daniel Clardy

John Daniel Clardy was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life:John Clardy was born in Smith County, Tennessee on August 30, 1828. He was one of six sons and two daughters born to John C. and Elizabeth Clardy...

 (D). John S. Rhea

John Stockdale Rhea

John Stockdale Rhea was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Russellville, Kentucky, Rhea pursued preparatory studies....

 (D). David H. Smith

David Highbaugh Smith

David Highbaugh Smith was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Hammonville, Hart County, Kentucky, Smith attended the public schools and the colleges at Horse Cave, Leitchfield, and Hartford, Kentucky....

 (D). Walter Evans (R). Albert S. Berry

Albert S. Berry

Albert Seaton Berry was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.- Biography :Born in Fairfield , Campbell County, Kentucky, Berry attended the public schools. He graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1855 and from the Cincinnati Law School in 1858. He was admitted to the bar and...

 (D). Evan E. Settle

Evan E. Settle

Evan Evans Settle was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, Settle attended the public schools.He was graduated from Louisville High School in June 1864.He studied law....

 (D). George M. Davison

George M. Davison

George Mosby Davison was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Stanford, Kentucky, Davison attended the common schools, Stanford Academy, and Meyers Academy.He studied law....

 (R). Samuel J. Pugh

Samuel Johnson Pugh

Samuel Johnson Pugh was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Greenup County, Kentucky, Pugh moved with his parents to Lewis County in 1852...

 (R). Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick

Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick

Thomas Young Fitzpatrick was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Prestonsburg, Kentucky, Fitzpatrick attended the common schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1877 and practiced....

 (D). David G. Colson

David Grant Colson

David Grant Colson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Biography:Born in Yellow Creek , Knox County, Kentucky, Colson attended the common schools and the academies at Tazewell and Mossy Creek, Tennessee.He studied law at the University of Kentucky at Lexington in 1879 and 1880.He was...

 (R)

Louisiana 

. Adolph Meyer

Adolph Meyer

Adolph Meyer was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served nine terms as a Democrat from 1891 until his death in office in 1908.-Biography:...

 (D). Robert C. Davey

Robert C. Davey

Robert Charles Davey was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Davey attended the public schools, and was graduated from St...

 (D). Robert F. Broussard

Robert F. Broussard

Robert Foligny Broussard was both a U.S. representative and a U.S. senator from Louisiana. He was born on the Mary Louise plantation near New Iberia, the seat of Iberia Parish. He attended public and private schools. Broussard attended the Catholic Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., from...

 (D). Henry W. Ogden (D). Samuel T. Baird

Samuel T. Baird

Samuel Thomas Baird was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in Oak Ridge, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, Baird was educated under private tutors and attended the Vincennes University.He studied law....

 (D). Samuel M. Robertson (D)

Maine 

. Thomas B. Reed

Thomas Brackett Reed

Thomas Brackett Reed, , occasionally ridiculed as Czar Reed, was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889–1891 and from 1895–1899...

 (R). Nelson Dingley, Jr.

Nelson Dingley, Jr.

Nelson Dingley, Jr., also known as Edward Nelson Dingley, Jr., was a journalist and politician from the U.S. state of Maine....

 (R), died December 13, 1899, vacant to end. Seth L. Milliken

Seth L. Milliken

Seth Llewellyn Milliken was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Montville, Maine, Milliken attended the common schools and Waterville College.He was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1856....

 (R)

• • Edwin C. Burleigh
    Edwin C. Burleigh
    Edwin Chick Burleigh was an American politician from the state of Maine.Born in Linneus, Maine he attended the common schools and Houlton Academy before becoming a teacher himself. He also worked as a surveyor and farmer before entering government...
    
     (R). Charles A. Boutelle
    Charles A. Boutelle
    Charles A. Boutelle was an American seaman, shipmaster, naval officer, Civil War veteran, newspaper editor, publisher, conservative Republican politician, and nine-term Representative to the U.S. Congress from the 4th Congressional District of Maine. He remains the second longest-serving U.S...
    
     (R)

Maryland 

. Isaac A. Barber

Isaac Ambrose Barber

Isaac Ambrose Barber was a U.S. Representative from Maryland, serving from 1897 to 1899.Born near Salem, New Jersey, Barber attended the common schools and studied medicine in Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1872...

 (R). William B. Baker

William Benjamin Baker

William Benjamin Baker was a U.S. Congressman who represented the second Congressional district of Maryland from 1895 to 1901....

 (R). William S. Booze

William Samuel Booze

William Samuel Booze was a U.S. Representative from the third district of Maryland.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Booze attended the public schools in Baltimore and graduated from Baltimore City College in 1879...

 (R). William W. McIntire (R). Sydney E. Mudd

Sydney Emanuel Mudd I

Sydney Emanuel Mudd I was an American politician.Born at Gallant Green, in Charles County, Maryland, Mudd attended Georgetown University and graduated from St. John's College of Annapolis, Maryland, in 1878. He studied law privately and also attended the law department of the University of...

 (R). John McDonald (R)

Massachusetts 

. Ashley B. Wright

Ashley B. Wright

Ashley Bascom Wright was an American politician. He was the chairman of the Committee on Mileage in the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses....

 (R)

• • George P. Lawrence
    George P. Lawrence
    George Pelton Lawrence was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Adams, Massachusetts, Lawrence graduated from Drury Academy in 1876 and from Amherst College in 1880. He studied law at the Columbia Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced practice in North Adams...
    
     (R). Frederick H. Gillett
    Frederick H. Gillett
    Frederick Huntington Gillett was an American politician during the early 20th century. Frederick H. Gillett was born in Westfield, Massachusetts to Edward Bates Gillett and Lucy Fowler Gillett . He graduated from Amherst College in 1874 and Harvard Law School in 1877. He began the practice of...
    
     (R). Joseph H. Walker
    Joseph H. Walker
    Joseph Henry Walker was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on December 21, 1829. He moved with his parents to Hopkinton and to Worcester. He attended the public schools and engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes...
    
     (R). George W. Weymouth
    George W. Weymouth
    George Warren Weymouth was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in West Amesbury , Massachusetts, Weymouth attended the public schools and the Merrimac High School. He moved to Fitchburg in 1882 and engaged in the carriage business...
    
     (R). William S. Knox
    William Shadrach Knox
    William Shadrach Knox was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts who served from 1895 to 1903.Knox was the son of William Shadrach Knox Sr and Rebecca Walker, and the grandson of Samuel Knox and Mary Kimbell and Jimmy Walker and Hannah Richardson...
    
     (R). William H. Moody
    William Henry Moody
    William Henry Moody was an American politician and jurist, who held positions in all three branches of the Government of the United States.-Biography:...
    
     (R). William E. Barrett
    William Emerson Barrett
    William Emerson Barrett was an American journalist and politician.Barrett was a founder of The Boston Evening Record, and served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as a United States Representative from Massachusetts.Barrett was born in Melrose, Massachusetts on December...
    
     (R). Samuel W. McCall
    Samuel W. McCall
    Samuel Walker McCall was a member of the United States House of Representatives, and the 47th Governor of Massachusetts...
    
     (R). John F. Fitzgerald (D). Samuel J. Barrows
    Samuel J. Barrows
    Samuel June Barrows was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.He was born in New York City. After his father died at a young age, he was relied upon to support his family by working for a printing press. Due to illness, he was rejected by the United States Navy and didn't serve in the American...
    
     (R). Charles F. Sprague
    Charles F. Sprague
    Charles Franklin Sprague was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, grandson of Peleg Sprague ....
    
     (R). William C. Lovering
    William C. Lovering
    William Croad Lovering was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.-Biography:Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Lovering moved with his parents to Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1837....
    
     (R). John Simpkins
    John Simpkins
    John Simpkins was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Simpkins attended the public schools of Yarmouth and St. Mark's School, Southboro, Massachusetts....
    
     (R)
  • William S. Greene
    William S. Greene
    William Stedman Greene was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Tremont, Illinois, Greene moved with his parents to Fall River, Massachusetts in 1844....
    
     (R)

Michigan 

. John B. Corliss

John Blaisdell Corliss

John Blaisdell Corliss was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life:Corliss was born in Richford, Vermont, to Hezekiah and Lydia Corliss...

 (R). George Spalding

George Spalding

George Spalding was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Spalding was born in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland and immigrated to the United States in 1843 with his parents. The settled in Buffalo, New York, where he attended the public schools. He later moved to Monroe,...

 (R). Albert M. Todd

Albert M. Todd

Albert May Todd was a businessman and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He became known as the "Peppermint King" for founding a flourishing business in peppermint....

 (D). Edward L. Hamilton

Edward L. Hamilton

Edward La Rue Hamilton was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Hamilton was born in Niles Township, Michigan, where he attended grade school and graduated from the Niles High School in 1876...

 (R). William Alden Smith

William Alden Smith

William Alden Smith was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Early career:Smith was born in Dowagiac, Michigan and attended the common schools. He moved with his parents to Grand Rapids in 1872, where he attended school, sold popcorn, and was a newsboy and messenger boy...

 (R). Samuel W. Smith

Samuel William Smith

Samuel William Smith , was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.He was born in Independence Township and attended the common schools in Clarkston and Detroit. He began teaching school in 1869, served as superintendent of schools in Waterford Township in 1875 and also served as principal of...

 (R). Horace G. Snover

Horace G. Snover

Horace Greeley Snover was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan.Snover was born in Romeo, Michigan, where he attended the public schools and the Dickenson Institute. He graduated from the academic department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1869 and from the law...

 (R). Ferdinand Brucker

Ferdinand Brucker

Ferdinand Brucker was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Brucker was born in Bridgeport, Michigan, where he attended the common schools. He was a member of the State militia 1878-1881...

 (D). Roswell P. Bishop

Roswell P. Bishop

Roswell Peter Bishop was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Bishop was born in Sidney, New York, and attended Unadilla Academy, Cooperstown Seminary and Walton Academy, all in Upstate New York, after which he taught school for several years.During the American Civil War, he...

 (R). Rousseau O. Crump

Rousseau Owen Crump

Rousseau Owen Crump was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Michigan.Crump was born in Pittsford, New York, the eldest son of Samuel and Sarah Crump. His parents had settled in Pittsford in April 1842 after emigrating from England soon after marrying. His father was born and...

 (R). William S. Mesick

William S. Mesick

William Smith Mesick was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Mesick was born in Newark, New York and attended the common schools. He moved to Michigan and attended Kalamazoo Business College and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1881...

 (R). Carlos D. Shelden

Carlos D. Shelden

Carlos Douglas Shelden was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Shelden was born in Walworth, Wisconsin and moved with his parents to Houghton County, Michigan in 1847. He attended the Union School of Ypsilanti, Michigan and returned to his home in the fall of 1861...

 (R)

Minnesota 

. James A. Tawney

James Albertus Tawney

James Albertus Tawney was a blacksmith, machinist and U.S. politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota. He was the first House Majority Whip, holding that position from 1899 to 1905....

 (R). James T. McCleary

James McCleary

James Thompson McCleary was a United States Representative from Minnesota. Born in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, he was educated at Ingersoll High School and McGill University...

 (R). Joel P. Heatwole

Joel Heatwole

Joel Prescott Heatwole was a U.S. House Representative from Minnesota.He was born at Waterford Mills, Indiana. He attended the public schools, and learned the printer’s trade...

 (R). Frederick C. Stevens (R). Loren Fletcher

Loren Fletcher

Loren Fletcher was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine; he attended the public schools and Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kents Hill, Maine; moved to Bangor in 1853; was a stonecutter, clerk in a store, and an employee of a lumber company; moved to...

 (R). R. Page W. Morris

Robert P. Morris

Robert Page Waller Morris, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia, attended a private school and the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia; was graduated from the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, in 1872; assistant professor of...

 (R). Frank M. Eddy

Frank Eddy

Frank Marion Eddy was a United States Representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district. Eddy was born in Pleasant Grove Township, Minnesota before moving to Iowa in 1860 with his family. They returned in 1863 to Olmsted County, Minnesota, and settled near Elmira...

 (R)

Mississippi 

. John M. Allen

John Mills Allen

John Mills Allen was a Representative from Mississippi; born in Tishomingo County, Miss., July 8, 1846; he attended the common schools during the Civil War enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army and served throughout the war...

 (D). William V. Sullivan

William V. Sullivan

William Van Amberg Sullivan was a United States Representative and Senator from Mississippi.-Biography:Born near Winona, Mississippi, he attended the common schools in Panola County and the University of Mississippi at Oxford, where he was a member of St. Anthony Hall...

 (D)

• • Thomas Spight
    Thomas Spight
    Thomas Spight was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born near Ripley, Mississippi, Spight attended the common schools, Ripley Academy, Purdy College, and the La Grange Synodical College....
    
     (D). Thomas C. Catchings
    Thomas C. Catchings
    Thomas Clendinen Catchings was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.-Biography:Born near Brownsville, Mississippi, Catchings was tutored at home....
    
     (D). Andrew F. Fox
    Andrew F. Fox
    Andrew Fuller Fox was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Reform, Alabama, Fox moved to Calhoun County, Mississippi, with his parents in 1853....
    
     (D). John Sharp Williams
    John Sharp Williams
    John Sharp Williams was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1908....
    
     (D). William F. Love
    William F. Love
    William Franklin Love was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born near Liberty in Amite County, Mississippi, Love attended the common schools and the University of Mississippi at Oxford....
    
     (D)
  • Frank A. McLain
    Frank A. McLain
    Frank Alexander McLain was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born near Gloster in Amite County, Mississippi, McLain attended the public schools, and was graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1874.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Liberty,...
    
     (D). Patrick Henry
    Patrick Henry (U.S. Congressman)
    Patrick Henry was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi, uncle of Patrick Henry .Born near Cynthia, Mississippi, Henry attended the common schools, Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, Madison College, Sharon, Mississippi, and the Nashville Military College.He moved to Brandon,...
    
     (D)

Missouri 

. James T. Lloyd

James Tilghman Lloyd

James Tilghman Lloyd was a U.S. political figure and a Representative from Missouri from 1897 to 1917. He served as the House minority whip between 1901 and 1908.-External links:...

 (D), from June 1, 1897. Robert N. Bodine

Robert N. Bodine

Robert Nall Bodine was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Paris, Missouri, Bodine attended Paris Academy and was graduated from the University of Missouri in 1859.Principal of the Paris public schools....

 (D). Alexander M. Dockery

Alexander Monroe Dockery

Alexander Monroe Dockery was a United States Representative and the 30th Governor of Missouri....

 (D). Charles F. Cochran

Charles F. Cochran

Charles Fremont Cochran was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Kirksville, Missouri, Cochran moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1860.He attended public and private schools.Apprenticed to the printer's trade....

 (D). William S. Cowherd

William S. Cowherd

William Strother Cowherd was a Democratic Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri in 1892–1893 and Congressman from Missouri in 1897–1905....

 (D). David A. De Armond

David A. De Armond

David Albaugh De Armond was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri's 12th congressional district from March 4, 1891 until March 3, 1893, and then Missouri's 6th congressional district from March 4, 1893- until dying in office in 1909.He was born in Blair County, Pennsylvania, attended...

 (D). James Cooney (D). Richard P. Bland

Richard P. Bland

Richard Parks Bland , American school teacher, lawyer, and Democratic Congressman between 1873 and 1899, serving except from 1895 to 1897, when he returned to office....

 (D). James Beauchamp Clark (D). Richard Bartholdt

Richard Bartholdt

Richard Bartholdt was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Schleiz, Germany, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College ....

 (R). Charles F. Joy

Charles Frederick Joy

Charles Frederick Joy was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Joy attended the public schools.He was graduated from Yale College in 1874.He studied law....

 (R). Charles E. Pearce

Charles Edward Pearce

Charles Edward Pearce was a United States Congressman from Missouri. He was born in Whitesboro, Oneida County, New York. He attended Fairfield Seminary and graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York in 1863, where he been a member of The Kappa Alpha Society...

 (R). Edward Robb

Edward Robb

Edward Robb was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Brazeau, Missouri, Robb attended the common schools, Brazeau Academy, Fruitland Normal Institute, and the University of Missouri in Columbia....

 (D). Willard D. Vandiver

Willard Duncan Vandiver

Willard Duncan Vandiver was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Missouri. He is popularly credited with the authorship of the famous expression: "I'm from Missouri, you've got to show me," which led to the state's famous nickname: "The Show Me State"...

 (D). Maecenas E. Benton (D)

Montana 

. Charles S. Hartman

Charles S. Hartman

Charles Sampson Hartman was a U.S. Representative from Montana.Born in Monticello, Indiana, Hartman attended the public schools and Wabash College in Crawfordsville.He moved to Bozeman, Montana, in January 1882....

 (SR

Silver Republican Party

The Silver Republican Party was a United States political faction active in the 1890s. It was so named because it split from the Republican Party over the issues of "Free Silver" and bimetallism. The main Republican Party supported the gold standard....

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Nebraska 

. Jesse B. Strode

Jesse Burr Strode

Jesse Burr Strode was a Nebraska Republican politician.He was born in Fulton County, Illinois on February 18, 1845 and graduated from Abingdon College in Abingdon, Illinois...

 (R). David H. Mercer

David Henry Mercer

David Henry Mercer was a Nebraska Republican politician.Born in Benton County, Iowa on July 9, 1857, he moved with his parents to Adams County, Illinois in 1858. After the American Civil War he moved again to Brownville, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1880 and...

 (R). Samuel Maxwell

Samuel Maxwell

Samuel Maxwell was a Populist politician in the U.S. state of Nebraska.Born in Lodi, New York on May 20, 1825, he moved with his parents to Michigan in 1844. He taught school, farmed, and studied law. He moved to the Nebraska Territory settling in Cass County, Nebraska resumed farming...

 (P). William L. Stark

William Ledyard Stark

William Ledyard Stark was a Nebraska Populist politician.Born in Mystic, Connecticut in 1853. He moved to Wyoming, Illinois in 1872. He taught school and clerked a store for a while. He attended Union College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of...

 (P). Roderick D.Sutherland

Roderick Dhu Sutherland

Roderick Dhu Sutherland was a Nebraska Populist politician.Sutherland was born in Scotch Grove, Iowa and attended Amity College, College Springs, Iowa. He taught school and studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1888...

 (P). William L. Greene

William Laury Greene

William Laury Greene was a Nebraska Populist politician.Greene was raised in Dubois County, Indiana. He graduated from the Ireland Academy, taught school and studied law. He passed his bar exam in 1876 and began his practice in Bloomington, Indiana...

 (P)

New Hampshire 

. Cyrus A. Sulloway

Cyrus A. Sulloway

Cyrus Adams Sulloway was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire. He served from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1913, and from March 4, 1915 until his death in Washington, D.C.-External links:...

 (R). Frank G. Clarke

Frank Gay Clarke

Frank Gay Clarke was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Wilton, New Hampshire, Clarke attended Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, and Dartmouth College in Hanover. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1876, commencing practice in Peterboro.He served as member of the New...

 (R)

New Jersey 

. Henry C. Loudenslager

Henry C. Loudenslager

Henry Clay Loudenslager was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 1st congressional district from 1893 to 1911.-Biography:...

 (R). John J. Gardner

John J. Gardner

John James Gardner was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1893 to 1913, and was Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey.-Biography:Born in Atlantic County, New Jersey, Gardner attended the...

 (R). Benjamin F. Howell (R). Mahlon Pitney

Mahlon Pitney

Mahlon Pitney was an American jurist and Republican Party politician from New Jersey, who served in the United States Congress and as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.-Biography:...

 (R), resigned January 10, 1899, vacant to end. James F. Stewart

James F. Stewart

James Fleming Stewart was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from to 1895 to 1903.Stewart was born in Paterson, New Jersey on June 15, 1851...

 (R). Richard Wayne Parker

Richard W. Parker

Richard Wayne Parker was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 6th congressional district from 1895 to 1903, the 7th district from 1903 to 1911, and the 9th district from 1914 to 1919 and again from 1921 to 1923,...

 (R). Thomas McEwan, Jr.

Thomas McEwan, Jr.

Thomas McEwan, Jr. was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1899.-Biography:McEwan was born in Paterson, New Jersey on February 26, 1854...

 (R). Charles N. Fowler

Charles N. Fowler

Charles Newell Fowler was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1903, and the 5th district from 1903 to 1911.Fowler was born in Lena, Illinois on November 2, 1852...

 (R)

New York 

. Joseph M. Belford

Joseph M. Belford

Joseph McCrum Belford was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, he attended Dickinson Seminary and was graduated from Dickinson College in 1871. He moved to Long Island, New York in 1884 and engaged in teaching at the Franklinville and...

 (R). Denis M. Hurley

Denis M. Hurley

Denis M. Hurley was a United States Representative from New York, 1895-1899.Hurley, a Brooklynite, was born in Ireland....

 (R), died February 26, 1899, vacant to end. Francis H. Wilson

Francis H. Wilson

Francis Henry Wilson was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Clinton, New York, Wilson lived in Utica, New York, until ten years of age, when he moved with his parents to the Westmoreland farm....

 (R)

• • Edmund H. Driggs
    Edmund H. Driggs
    Edmund Hope Driggs was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, he attended the public schools and Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn. He became engaged in the casualty-insurance business....
    
     (D). Israel F. Fischer
    Israel F. Fischer
    Israel Frederick Fischer was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Fischer moved to Brooklyn in September 1887.He attended the public schools and Cooper Institute, New York City....
    
     (R). Charles G. Bennet
    Charles G. Bennet
    Charles Goodwin Bennett was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bennett attended the public schools. He graduated from Brooklyn High School and from New York Law School in 1882...
    
     (R). James R. Howe
    James R. Howe
    James Robinson Howe was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Howe attended the common schools.He was employed as a clerk in a dry-goods store....
    
     (R). John H. G. Vehslage
    John H. G. Vehslage
    John Herman George Vehslage was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Vehslage attended the public schools.He left school to become a clerk in the retail grocery business....
    
     (D). John M. Mitchell
    John M. Mitchell
    John Murry Mitchell was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Mitchell attended Leggett's School at New York City.He was graduated from Columbia College, New York City, where he was a member of St...
    
     (R). Thomas J. Bradley
    Thomas J. Bradley
    Thomas Joseph Bradley was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Bradley attended the public schools.He was graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1887....
    
     (D). Amos J. Cummings
    Amos J. Cummings
    Amos Jay Cummings was a United States Representative from New York and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.-Biography:...
    
     (D). William Sulzer
    William Sulzer
    William Sulzer was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer. He was the 39th Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman from the same state. He was the first and so far only New York Governor to be impeached...
    
     (D). George B. McClellan, Jr.
    George B. McClellan, Jr.
    George Brinton McClellan, Jr., was an American politician, statesman, and educator. The son of American Civil War general and presidential candidate George B...
    
     (D). Richard C. Shannon
    Richard C. Shannon
    Richard Cutts Shannon was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:Born in New London, Connecticut, Shannon was graduated from the grammar and high schools at Biddeford, Maine, and from Waterville College , Maine.During the Civil War enlisted in Company H, Fifth Regiment, Maine Volunteer...
    
     (R). Lemuel E. Quigg
    Lemuel E. Quigg
    Lemuel Ely Quigg was a United States Representative from New York.-Biography:He was born near Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland to a Methodist minister. He attended the public schools of Wilmington, Delaware. He moved to New York City in 1880 and engaged in journalism. He was the editor of the...
    
     (R). Philip B. Low
    Philip B. Low
    Philip Burrill Low was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Low attended the public schools and was graduated from high school....
    
     (R). William L. Ward
    William L. Ward
    William Lukens Ward was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Pemberwick, town of Greenwich, Connecticut, Ward moved to Port Chester, New York, with his parents in 1863....
    
     (R). Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. (R). John H. Ketcham
    John H. Ketcham
    John Henry Ketcham was a United States Representative from New York for over 33 years. He also served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
    
     (R). Aaron V. S. Cochrane
    Aaron V. S. Cochrane
    Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane was a U.S. Representative from New York, and nephew of Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick.-Biography:...
    
     (R). George N. Southwick
    George N. Southwick
    George Newell Southwick was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Albany, New York, Southwick attended private and public schools....
    
     (R). David F. Wilber
    David F. Wilber
    David Forrest Wilber was a United States Representative and consul from New York.Wilber was born in Milford, New York, to former congressman David Wilber. He attended public schools before graduating from Cazenovia Seminary in 1879...
    
     (R). Lucius N. Littauer
    Lucius N. Littauer
    -External links:...
    
     (R). Wallace T. Foote, Jr.
    Wallace T. Foote, Jr.
    Wallace Turner Foote, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Port Henry, New York, Foote attended the Port Henry Union School and Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, and was graduated as a civil engineer from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1885.He served as...
    
     (R). Charles A. Chickering
    Charles A. Chickering
    Charles Addison Chickering was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Harrisburg, New York, Chickering attended the common schools and Lowville Academy and was for some time a teacher in that institution. He engaged in business as a hardware merchant. He served as school commissioner of...
    
     (R). James S. Sherman
    James S. Sherman
    James Schoolcraft Sherman was a United States Representative from New York and the 27th Vice President of the United States . He was a member of the Baldwin, Hoar, and Sherman families.-Early life:...
    
     (R). George W. Ray
    George W. Ray
    George Washington Ray was a United States Representative from New York.Born in Otselic, he attended the common schools and Norwich Academy. During the Civil War he was a private in Company B, Ninetieth New York Volunteers, and brigade clerk, First Brigade, First Division, Nineteenth Army Corps...
    
     (R). James J. Belden
    James J. Belden
    James Jerome Belden was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Fabius, New York, Belden attended the common schools.He engaged in the banking business at Syracuse, New York, in 1880....
    
     (R). Sereno E. Payne
    Sereno E. Payne
    Sereno Elisha Payne was a United States Representative from New York and the first House Majority Leader, holding the office from 1899 to 1911. He was a Republican Congressman from 1883 to 1887 and then from 1889 to his death in 1914. He was chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee for 12...
    
     (R). Charles W. Gillet
    Charles W. Gillet
    Charles William Gillet was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Addison, New York, Gillet attended the public schools and the Delaware Literary Institute, Franklin, New York....
    
     (R). James W. Wadsworth, Jr.
    James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.
    James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. was a U.S. Republican politician from New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, Sr., and the grandson of Union General James Samuel Wadsworth, Sr.-Biography:...
    
     (R). Henry C. Brewster
    Henry C. Brewster
    Henry Colvin Brewster was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Rochester, New York, Brewster attended the public schools.He became a clerk in the Traders' National Bank in 1863....
    
     (R). Rowland B. Mahany
    Rowland B. Mahany
    Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Buffalo, New York, Mahany attended the public schools, Hobart College, Geneva, New York, and Union College, Schenectady, New York....
    
     (R). De Alva S. Alexander
    De Alva S. Alexander
    De Alva Stanwood Alexander was an American journalist, lawyer, historian, and member of the United States House of Representatives....
    
     (R). Warren B. Hooker
    Warren B. Hooker
    Warren Brewster Hooker was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Perrysburg, New York, Hooker attended the public schools and Forestville Free Academy, Forestville, New York.He studied law....
    
     (R), resigned November 10, 1898, vacant to end

North Carolina 

. Harry Skinner

Harry Skinner

Harry Skinner was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, and the brother of Thomas Gregory Skinner.Born near Hertford, North Carolina, Skinner attended Hertford Academy and was graduated from the law department of the University of Kentucky at Lexington.He was admitted to the bar in 1876 and...

 (P). George H. White

George Henry White

George Henry White was a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1897 and 1901. He is considered the last African American Congressman of the Reconstruction era, although his election came twenty years after the era's "official" end...

 (R). John E. Fowler

John Edgar Fowler

John Edgar Fowler was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of North Carolina in the United States Congress.He was a Populist and attended Wake Forest University.-External links:...

 (P). William F. Strowd

William Franklin Strowd

William Franklin Strowd was a Populist U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1895 and 1899.Strowd was born near Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1832 and attended local schools. A farmer, he was a private in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.Strowd was a member of the North...

 (P). William W. Kitchin

William Walton Kitchin

William Walton Kitchin was the 52nd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1909 to 1913.-Early Life and Family:...

 (D). Charles H. Martin

Charles H. Martin (congressman)

Charles Henry Martin , was a United States Representative from North Carolina. Martin was born near Youngsville, Franklin County, N.C., on August 28, 1848. He attended the common schools and the preparatory department of Wake Forest College, graduating from Wake Forest in 1872 and from the...

 (P). Alonzo C. Shuford

Alonzo C. Shuford

Alonzo Craig Shuford was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born on a farm near Newton, North Carolina, Shuford attended the common schools and Newton College.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

 (P). Romulus Z. Linney

Romulus Zachariah Linney

Romulus Zachariah Linney was a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1895 and 1901.Linney was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina, the son of Martha and William Coplin Linney. He attended common schools, York's Collegiate Institute, and Doctor Millen's School in...

 (R). Richmond Pearson

Richmond Pearson

Richmond Pearson was an American diplomat and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina.-Biography:He was born in Yadkin County, North Carolina, the fourth of five children of North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Richmond Mumford Pearson.Pearson studied law and was admitted...

 (R)

North Dakota 

. Martin N. Johnson

Martin N. Johnson

Martin Nelson Johnson was a North Dakota politician who served as a United States Representative and Senator from North Dakota.-Biography:...

 (R)

Ohio 

. William B. Shattuc

William B. Shattuc

William Bunn Shattuc was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:William Shattuc was born in North Hector, New York but Shattuc moved to Ohio in 1852 with his parents, who settled near Sandusky....

 (R). Jacob H. Bromwell

Jacob H. Bromwell

Jacob Henry Bromwell was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Bromwell resided during his boyhood in Newport, Kentucky....

 (R). John L. Brenner

John Lewis Brenner

John Lewis Brenner was a farmer, nurseryman, businessman and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio....

 (D). George A. Marshall

George A. Marshall

George Alexander Marshall was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Sidney, Ohio, Marshall attended the public schools of Shelby County and Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio.He studied law....

 (D). David Meekison

David Meekison

David Meekison was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Dundee, Scotland, Meekison immigrated to the United States in 1855 with his parents, who settled in Napoleon, Ohio. He attended the common schools and was then apprenticed to the printer's trade...

 (D). Seth W. Brown

Seth W. Brown

Seth W. Brown was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Waynesville, Ohio, Brown attended the public schools.During the Civil War served in Company H, Seventy-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry....

 (R). Walter L. Weaver

Walter L. Weaver

Walter Lowrie Weaver was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Montgomery County, Ohio, Weaver attended the public schools and Monroe Academy, and was graduated from Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, in 1870. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in...

 (R). Archibald Lybrand

Archibald Lybrand

Archibald Lybrand was a lawyer, soldier, businessman, and a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Tarlton, Ohio, Lybrand moved to Delaware, Ohio, in 1857...

 (R). James H. Southard

James H. Southard

James Harding Southard was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Toledo, Ohio, in Washington Township, Lucas County, Ohio, Southard attended the public schools and was graduated from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in 1874.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced...

 (R). Lucien J. Fenton

Lucien J. Fenton

Lucien Jerome Fenton was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Winchester, Ohio, Fenton attended the public schools, National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio, and Ohio University at Athens....

 (R). Charles H. Grosvenor

Charles H. Grosvenor

Charles Henry Grosvenor was a multiple-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

 (R). John J. Lentz

John J. Lentz

John Jacob Lentz was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, Lentz attended the common schools and the St...

 (D). James A. Norton

James A. Norton

James Albert Norton was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Norton was born in Bettsville, Ohio and attended the district schools where he graduated from Tiffin High School....

 (D). Winfield S. Kerr

Winfield S. Kerr

Winfield Scott Kerr was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Monroe, Ohio, Kerr attended the common schools of his native city....

 (R). Henry C. Van Voorhis

H. Clay Van Voorhis

Henry Clay Van Voorhis was a United States Congressman from Muskingum Co., Ohio.- Biography :He was born to Daniel and Jane Van Voorhis in Nashport, Ohio....

 (R). Lorenzo Danford

Lorenzo Danford

Lorenzo Danford was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Washington Township, Ohio, Danford attended the common schools and a college at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, for two years.He studied law....

 (R). John A. McDowell (D). Robert W. Tayler (R). Stephen A. Northway

Stephen A. Northway

Stephen Asa Northway was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Christian Hollow, New York, Northway moved with his parents in 1840 to the township of Orwell, Ohio....

 (R)

• • Charles W. F. Dick
    Charles W. F. Dick
    Charles William Frederick Dick was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.-Biography:...
    
     (R). Clifton B. Beach
    Clifton B. Beach
    Clifton Bailey Beach was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Sharon, Ohio, Beach moved to Cleveland with his parents in 1857....
    
     (R). Theodore E. Burton
    Theodore E. Burton
    Theodore Elijah Burton was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate....
    
     (R)

Oregon 

. Thomas H. Tongue

Thomas H. Tongue

Thomas H. Tongue was an American politician and attorney in the state of Oregon. Born in England, his family immigrated to Washington County, Oregon, in 1859. In Oregon, he would serve in the State Senate from 1889 to 1893 and was the seventh mayor of Hillsboro...

 (R). William R. Ellis

William R. Ellis

William Russell Ellis was an American educator, attorney and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Indiana, he grew up in Iowa before moving to Oregon where he worked as a school superintendent and district attorney. A Republican, he served as U.S...

 (R)

Pennsylvania 

. Henry H. Bingham

Henry H. Bingham

Henry Harrison Bingham was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, who received the United States Military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of the Wilderness....

 (R). Robert Adams, Jr.

Robert Adams, Jr. (Pennsylvania)

Robert Adams, Jr. was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Robert Adams, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Doctor Fairies Physical Institute in Philadelphia and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1869,...

 (R). William McAleer

William McAleer

William McAleer was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William McAleer was born in County Tyrone, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Philadelphia in 1851. He attended public and private schools...

 (D). James R. Young

James R. Young

James Rankin Young was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was the younger brother of fellow journalist John Russell Young.-Early life:...

 (R). Alfred C. Harmer

Alfred C. Harmer

Alfred Crout Harmer was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Alfred C. Harmer was born in Germantown, PA. Began work as a shoe manufacturer. He became a member of the city council of Philadelphia, serving from 1856–1860 and then a recorder of deeds for...

 (R). Thomas S. Butler

Thomas S. Butler

Thomas Stalker Butler was a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, serving from March 4, 1897 until his death, having been elected to the House sixteen times. Thomas S. Butler was also the father of the famous Marine Corps General Smedley D...

 (IR). Irving P. Wanger

Irving Price Wanger

Irving Price Wanger was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Irving P. Wanger was born in North Coventry Township, Pennsylvania. He served as deputy prothonotary of Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1871. He commenced the study of law at Norristown,...

 (R). William S. Kirkpatrick

William Sebring Kirkpatrick

William Sebring Kirkpatrick was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....

 (R). Daniel Ermentrout

Daniel Ermentrout

Daniel Ermentrout was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Daniel Ermentrout was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He attended Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Elmwood Institute in Norristown, Pennsylvania...

 (D). Marriott Brosius

Marriott Henry Brosius

Marriott Henry Brosius was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Education and military service:...

 (R). William Connell

William Connell (Pennsylvania)

William Connell was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Connell was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia and moved with his parents to Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in 1844...

 (R). Morgan B. Williams

Morgan B. Williams

Morgan B. Williams was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Morgan B. Williams was born in Rhandir-Mwyn and attended the public schools...

 (R). Charles N. Brumm

Charles N. Brumm

Charles Napoleon Brumm was a Greenbacker and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:...

 (R). Marlin E. Olmsted

Marlin Edgar Olmsted

Marlin Edgar Olmsted was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Marlin E. Olmsted was born near Ulysses, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Coudersport Academy...

 (R). James H. Codding

James Hodge Codding

James Hodge Codding was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James H. Codding was born in Pike Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He moved to Towanda, Pennsylvania, in 1854. He attended the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute in Towanda and Dartmouth...

 (R). Horace B. Packer

Horace Billings Packer

Horace Billings Packer was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Horace B. Packer was born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, the Wellsboro Academy, and Alfred University in Alfred, New York...

 (R). Monroe H. Kulp

Monroe Henry Kulp

Monroe Henry Kulp was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Monroe H. Kulp was born in Barto, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, the State Normal College in Lebanon, Ohio, and was graduated from Eastman Business College in...

 (R). Thaddeus M. Mahon

Thaddeus Maclay Mahon

Thaddeus Maclay Mahon was a soldier, attorney, railroad executive, and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Thaddeus M. Mahon was born in rural Green Village, Pennsylvania...

 (R). George J. Benner

George Jacob Benner

George Jacob Benner was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George J. Benner was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and was graduated from Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1878...

 (D). Josiah D. Hicks

Josiah Duane Hicks

Josiah Duane Hicks was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Josiah D. Hicks was born in Machen, Wales. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 2003, and in the same year moved to...

 (R). Edward E. Robbins

Edward Everett Robbins

Edward Everett Robbins was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....

 (R). John Dalzell

John Dalzell

John Dalzell was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.-Biography:John Dalzell was born in New York City. He moved with his parents to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1847....

 (R). William A. Stone

William A. Stone

William Alexis Stone was the 22nd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1899 to 1903.-Early life:Stone was born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. In 1864, Stone enlisted in the Union Army as a private during the American Civil War, and became a second lieutenant in 1865. He continued his military service after...

 (R)

• • William H. Graham
    William Harrison Graham
    thumb|William H. Graham circa 1901William Harrison Graham was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
    
     (R). Ernest F. Acheson
    Ernest F. Acheson
    Ernest Francis Acheson was a newspaper editor and a representative to the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Washington, Pennsylvania in 1855. He attended the public schools there, and then went on Washington and Jefferson College in 1875.He was admitted to the bar in 1877...
    
     (R). James J. Davidson (R)
  • Joseph B. Showalter
    Joseph Baltzell Showalter
    Joseph Baltzell Showalter was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Personal:...
    
     (R). John C. Sturtevant
    John Cirby Sturtevant
    John Cirby Sturtevant was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John C. Sturtevant was born in Spring Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and engaged in teaching and farming...
    
     (R). Charles W. Stone
    Charles Warren Stone
    Charles Warren Stone was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania....
    
     (R). William C. Arnold
    William Carlile Arnold
    William Carlile Arnold was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William C. Arnold was born in Luthersburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts...
    
     (R). Samuel A. Davenport
    Samuel Arza Davenport
    Samuel Arza Davenport was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel A. Davenport was born near Watkins, New York. He moved to Pennsylvania with his parents, who settled in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1839. He attended the Erie Academy...
    
     (R). Galusha A. Grow
    Galusha A. Grow
    Galusha Aaron Grow was a prominent U.S. politician, lawyer, writer and businessman, and was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1861 to 1863. He was defeated for reelection in 1862...
    
     (R)

Rhode Island 

. Melville Bull

Melville Bull

Melville Bull was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Bull attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, and graduated from Harvard University in 1877...

 (R). Adin B. Capron

Adin B. Capron

Adin Ballou Capron was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.-Early life and military career:Born in Mendon, Massachusetts, Capron attended the Woonsocket High School and Westbrook Seminary, near Portland, Maine. He settled in Stillwater, Rhode Island, and engaged in milling and dealing in grain...

 (R)

South Carolina 

. William Elliott

William Elliott (politician)

William Elliott was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, Elliott attended Beaufort College and Harvard University....

 (D). William J. Talbert (D). Asbury C. Latimer

Asbury Latimer

Asbury Churchwell Latimer was a United States Representative and Senator from South Carolina. Born near Lowndesville, South Carolina, he attended the common schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and in 1880 moved to Belton, South Carolina and devoted his time to farming.Latimer was elected as...

 (D). Stanyarne Wilson

Stanyarne Wilson

Stanyarne Wilson was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Yorkville , South Carolina, Wilson attended Kings Mountain Military School and Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia....

 (D). Thomas J. Strait (D). John L. McLaurin

John L. McLaurin

John Lowndes McLaurin was a United States Representative and Senator from South Carolina; born in Red Bluff, South Carolina, he attended schools at Bennettsville, South Carolina and Englewood, New Jersey as well as Bethel Military Academy and Swarthmore College He graduated from the Carolina...

 (D)

• • James Norton (D). J. William Stokes
    J. William Stokes
    James William Stokes was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near Orangeburg, South Carolina, Stokes attended the common schools and was graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in 1876. He taught school for 12 years.He was graduated in medicine from Vanderbilt...
    
     (D)

South Dakota 

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. John E. Kelley

John Edward Kelley

John Edward Kelley was a newspaperman and a politician from South Dakota. He was born in Columbia County, Wisconsin, near Portage City, in 1853, where he attended the public schools....

 (P). Freeman Knowles

Freeman T. Knowles

Freeman Tulley Knowles was a U.S. Populist politician.He was born in Harmony, Maine. He was elected as a Populist to the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota in 1896 and served from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1899. He died in Deadwood, South Dakota.Knowles was a Civil War...

 (P)

Tennessee 

. Walter P. Brownlow

Walter P. Brownlow

Walter P. Brownlow served Tennessee's First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1896 until 1910. Amazingly, a century after his service, the legacy established by Brownlow's Congressional work remains important in the First District...

 (R). Henry R. Gibson

Henry R. Gibson

Henry Richard Gibson was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...

 (R). John A. Moon

John A. Moon

thumb|John A Moon, ca1912John Austin Moon was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on April 22, 1855 near Charlottesville, Virginia in Albemarle County. He moved with his parents to Bristol,...

 (D). Benton McMillin

Benton McMillin

Benton McMillin was governor of the U.S. state of Tennessee from 1899 to 1903. A Democrat, he was a native of Monroe County, Kentucky and an attorney.-Biography:...

 (D), resigned January 6, 1899, vacant for remainder of term. James D. Richardson

James D. Richardson

James Daniel Richardson was an American politician and a Democrat from Tennessee. Richardson represented Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 through 1905. He was among the earliest U.S...

 (D). John W. Gaines

John W. Gaines

John Wesley Gaines was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 6th congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...

 (D). Nicholas N. Cox

Nicholas N. Cox

Nicholas Nichols Cox was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 7th congressional district.-Biography:He was born in Bedford County, Tennessee on January 6, 1837...

 (D). Thetus W. Sims

Thetus W. Sims

Thetus Willrette Sims was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 8th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on April 25, 1852 near Waynesboro, Tennessee in Wayne County. He attended a private school at Martin Mills and moved with his...

 (D). Rice A. Pierce

Rice Alexander Pierce

Rice Alexander Pierce was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 9th congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...

 (D). Edward W. Carmack

Edward W. Carmack

Edward Ward Carmack was an attorney, newspaperman, and political figure who served as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1901 to 1907....

 (D)

Texas 

. Thomas H. Ball

Thomas Henry Ball

Thomas Henry Ball was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. The town of Peck, Texas was renamed Tomball, Texas in his honor in 1907.-External links:...

 (D). Samuel B. Cooper

Samuel B. Cooper

Samuel Bronson Cooper was a U.S. Representative from Texas.*Born near Eddyville, Kentucky, Cooper moved with his parents to Texas the same year and located in Woodville, Texas.*He attended the common schools.*He studied law....

 (D). Reese C. De Graffenreid

Reese C. De Graffenreid

Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Franklin, Tennessee, De Graffenreid attended the common schools of Franklin and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He graduated from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee. He was admitted...

 (D). John W. Cranford

John W. Cranford

John Walter Cranford was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born near Grove Hill, Alabama, Cranford attended the common and high schools of Alabama and finished preparatory studies under a private tutor....

 (D), until March 3, 1899, vacant thereafter. Joseph W. Bailey

Joseph Weldon Bailey

Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr. was a United States Senator, United States Representative, lawyer, and a Populist political figure. He served as a Congressional Representative between 1891 and 1901, and as the House minority leader from 1897 until 1899...

 (D). Robert E. Burke

Robert E. Burke

Robert Emmet Burke was a U.S. Representative from Texas.-Early years:Robert Emmet Burke was born near Dadeville, Alabama, and attended nearby public schools...

 (D). Robert L. Henry

Robert L. Henry

Robert Lee Henry was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas from 1897 to 1917 .-Early life:...

 (D). Samuel W. T. Lanham

S.W.T. Lanham

Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham , was the 23rd Governor of Texas from January 20, 1903 to January 15, 1907. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to winning election as Governor, he served two periods in the U.S. House of Representatives...

 (D). Joseph D. Sayers

Joseph D. Sayers

Joseph Draper Sayers was the 22nd Governor of Texas from 1899 to 1903. During Sayers's term, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 demolished that city.- Early years :...

 (D), until January 16, 1899, vacant thereafter. Robert B. Hawley

Robert B. Hawley

Robert Bradley Hawley was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Hawley attended the public schools and the Christian Brothers' College in Memphis...

 (R). Rudolph Kleberg

Rudolph Kleberg

Rudolph Kleberg was a U.S. Representative from Texas, great uncle of Robert Christian Eckhardt and uncle of Richard Mifflin Kleberg, Sr.Born in Cat Spring, Texas, Kleberg was instructed by private tutors....

 (D). James L. Slayden

James Luther Slayden

James Luther Slayden , uncle of Fontaine Maury Maverick and maverick in politics; United States Representative from Texas; son of Thomas A. and Letitia E. Slayden, was born in Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky, on June 1, 1853...

 (D). John H. Stephens (D)

Vermont 

. H. Henry Powers

H. Henry Powers

Horace Henry Powers was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Born in Morristown, Vermont, Powers attended Peoples Academy.He was graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1855.He studied law....

 (R). William W. Grout

William W. Grout

William Wallace Grout was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.-Biography:Born in Compton, Province of Quebec, Grout pursued an academic course and graduated from the Poughkeepsie Law School in 1857....

 (R)

Virginia 

. William A. Jones

William Atkinson Jones

William Atkinson Jones was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1891 to 1918.Jones was born in Warsaw, Virginia, and graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia in 1870...

 (D). William A. Young (D)

• • Richard A. Wise (R). John Lamb (D). Sydney P. Epes (D)
  • Robert T. Thorp (R). Claude A. Swanson
    Claude A. Swanson
    Claude Augustus Swanson was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Virginia.He served seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1893 until 1906, was the 45th Governor of Virginia from 1906 until 1910, and represented Virginia as a United States Senator from 1910 until...
    
     (D). Peter J. Otey
    Peter J. Otey
    Peter Johnston Otey was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Otey attended private schools in Lynchburg, and graduated from the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in 1859...
    
     (D). James Hay (D). John F. Rixey
    John Franklin Rixey
    John Franklin Rixey was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Virginia's 8th congressional district from 1897 to 1907....
    
     (D). James A. Walker
    James A. Walker
    James Alexander Walker was a Virginia lawyer, politician, and Confederate general during the American Civil War, later serving as a United States Congressman for two terms...
    
     (R). Jacob Yost
    Jacob Yost (Virginia congressman)
    Jacob Yost was an American politician who represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1887–1889 and 1897-1899....
    
     (R)

Washington 

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.. William C. Jones

William Carey Jones

William Carey Jones was a U.S. Representative from Washington.Born in Remsen, New York, Jones attended the public schools, the West Salem Seminary, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1876.He was admitted to the bar the same year and practiced in...

 (SR

Silver Republican Party

The Silver Republican Party was a United States political faction active in the 1890s. It was so named because it split from the Republican Party over the issues of "Free Silver" and bimetallism. The main Republican Party supported the gold standard....

). James Hamilton Lewis

J. Hamilton Lewis

James Hamilton Lewis was the first Senator to hold the title of Whip in the United States Senate. Lewis was born in Danville, Virginia, and also grew up in Augusta, Georgia...

 (D)

West Virginia 

. Blackburn B. Dovener

Blackburn B. Dovener

Blackburn Barrett Dovener was a Republican politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative. Dovener was born in Tays Valley, West Virginia, in Cabell County. on April 20, 1842. He served as a member of the 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th and 59th United States Congresses...

 (R). Alston G. Dayton

Alston G. Dayton

Alston Gordon Dayton was a Republican politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative, and later as a United States federal judge....

 (R). Charles P. Dorr

Charles P. Dorr

Charles Phillips Dorr was a lawyer and Republican politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative in the 55th United States Congress. Dorr was born in Miltonsburg, Ohio in Monroe County....

 (R). Warren Miller (R)

Wisconsin 

. Henry Allen Cooper (R). Edward Sauerhering

Edward Sauerhering

Edward Sauerhering was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Mayville, Wisconsin, Sauerhering attended the public schools.He was graduated from the Chicago College of Pharmacy in 1885....

 (R). Joseph W. Babcock

Joseph W. Babcock

Joseph Weeks Babcock was a seven-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin....

 (R). Theobald Otjen

Theobald Otjen

Theobald Otjen was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Theobald was born to German immigrants John Conrad and Dorothea Otjen, in west China township in St. Clair County, Michigan and attended the Marine City Academy and a private school in Detroit.He was employed as foreman in the rolling mill...

 (R). Samuel S. Barney

Samuel S. Barney

Samuel Stebbins Barney was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Hartford, Wisconsin, Barney attended the public schools and Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois...

 (R). James H. Davidson

James H. Davidson

James Henry Davidson was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Colchester, New York, Davidson attended the public schools and Walton Academy.He taught school in Delaware and Sullivan Counties, New York....

 (R). Michael Griffin

Michael Griffin (politician)

Michael Griffin was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in County Clare, Ireland, Griffin immigrated with his parents to Canada in 1847 and to Ohio in 1851....

 (R). Edward S. Minor

Edward S. Minor

Edward Sloman Minor was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born at Point Peninsula, New York, Minor moved to Wisconsin in 1845 with his parents, who settled in Greenfield, Milwaukee County, and subsequently in the city of Milwaukee.He attended the common schools.He went with his parents to a...

 (R). Alexander Stewart

Alexander Stewart (Congress)

Alexander Stewart was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Wisconsin from 1895 to 1901. He was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and moved to Wausau, Wisconsin, where he became involved in the lumber industry. Stewart died in Washington, D.C. and was buried in the...

 (R). John J. Jenkins

John J. Jenkins

John James Jenkins was a Republican U.S. Representative from Wisconsin from 1895 to 1909.Born in Weymouth, England, Jenkins emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1852, where they settled in Baraboo, Wisconsin. During the American Civil War, Jenkins served as a private with the 6th...

 (R)

Wyoming 

. John E. Osborne

John Eugene Osborne

John Eugene Osborne was an American physician, farmer, banker and Democratic politician. He was the third Governor of Wyoming after the Wyoming Territory attained statehood in 1890....

 (D)

Non-voting members

. Marcus A. Smith

Marcus A. Smith

Marcus Aurelius "Mark" Smith was an American Democratic politician, and one of the first two Senators from Arizona, the other being Henry F. Ashurst. He died in Washington, D.C...

 (D). Harvey B. Fergusson

Harvey Butler Fergusson

Harvey Butler Fergusson was a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico and a U.S. Representative from New Mexico....

 (D). James Y. Callahan

James Yancy Callahan

James Yancy Callahan was a late 19th century politician. Callahan would represent the Oklahoma Territory as a Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from 1887 to 1899...

 (FS

Free Silver

Free Silver was an important United States political policy issue in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Its advocates were in favor of an inflationary monetary policy using the "free coinage of silver" as opposed to the less inflationary Gold Standard; its supporters were called...

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Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

• replacements: 6
  • Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)
    The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
    
    : no net change
  • Republican
    Republican Party (United States)
    The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
    
    : no net change
• deaths: 5
• resignations: 1
• Total seats with changes: 8

House of Representatives

• replacements: 13
  • Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)
    The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
    
    : 1 seat net gain
  • Republican
    Republican Party (United States)
    The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
    
    : 1 seat net loss
• deaths: 10
• resignations: 8
• contested election: 3
• Total seats with changes: 23

Senate

• Secretary
  Secretary of the United States Senate
  The Secretary of the Senate is an elected officer of the United States Senate. The Secretary supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body...
  
  : William R. Cox
  William R. Cox
  William Ruffin Cox was an American soldier and politician from the state of North Carolina. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1887, and Secretary of the United States...
  
   of North Carolina
  North Carolina
  North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
  
  
• Sergeant at Arms
  Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate
  The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is the law enforcer for the United States Senate. One of the chief roles of the Sergeant is to hold the gavel used at every session...
  
  : Richard J. Bright of Indiana
  Indiana
  Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
  
  
• Chaplain
  Chaplain of the United States Senate
  The Chaplain of the United States Senate opens each session of the United States Senate with a prayer, and provides and coordinates religious programs and pastoral care support for Senators, their staffs, and their families. The Chaplain is appointed by a majority vote of the members of the Senate...
  
  : William H. Millburn Methodist
  Methodism
  Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
  
  

House of Representatives

• Clerk
  Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
  The Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House....
  
  : Alexander McDowell
  Alexander McDowell
  Alexander McDowell was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
  
   of Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  , elected March 15, 1897
• Sergeant at Arms
  Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
  The United States House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities. The Sergeant at Arms is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the chamber...
  
  : Benjamin F. Russell of Missouri
  Missouri
  Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
  
  , elected March 15, 1897
• Doorkeeper
  Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives
  An appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 to 1995, the Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was chosen by a resolution at the opening of each United States Congress. The Office of the Doorkeeper was based on precedent from the Continental...
  
  : William J. Glenn of New York, elected March 15, 1897
• Postmaster
  Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives
  The Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives was an employee of the United States Congress from 1834 to 1993.Before the creation of the office of Postmaster, mail duties were handled by workers in the office of the Doorkeeper, who were paid additional compensation...
  
  : Joseph McElroy
  Joseph McElroy
  Joseph McElroy is an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist.McElroy grew up in Brooklyn Heights, NY, a neighborhood that features prominently in much of his fiction. He received his B.A. from Williams College in 1951 and his M.A. from Columbia University in 1952...
  
   of Ohio
  Ohio
  Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
  
  , elected March 15, 1897
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table
  Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives
  The Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives manages, supervises, and administers its Office of the Parliamentarian, which is responsible for advising presiding officers, Members, and staff on procedural questions under the U.S...
  
  : Asher C. Hinds
  Asher C. Hinds
  Asher Crosby Hinds was a United States Representative from Maine. He attended the public schools and Coburn Classical Institute....
  
  
• Chaplain
  Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives
  The election of William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each day's proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. The early Chaplains alternated duties with their Senate counterparts on a weekly basis, covering the...
  
  : Henry N. Couden
  Henry N. Couden
  Henry N. Couden is a Universalist minister who was the 54th Chaplain of the United States Senate from December 2, 1895 to April 11, 1921. He was the only blind religious leader to serve in this position....
  
   Universalist
  Unitarian Universalist Association
  Unitarian Universalist Association , in full the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations in North America, is a liberal religious association of Unitarian Universalist congregations formed by the consolidation in 1961 of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of...
  
  , elected March 15, 1897

External links

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists