{{short description|1895-1897 U.S. Congress}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox United States Congress |number = 54th |image = USCapitol1906.jpg |imagename = United States Capitol |imagedate = 1906 |start = March 4, 1895 |end = March 4, 1897 |vp = Adlai E. Stevenson (D) |pro tem = William P. Frye (R) |speaker = Thomas B. Reed (R) |senators = 90 |reps = 357 |delegates = 4 |s-majority = Republican (plurality) |h-majority = Republican |sessionnumber1 = 1st |sessionstart1 = December 2, 1895 |sessionend1 = June 11, 1896 |sessionnumber2 = 2nd |sessionstart2 = December 7, 1896 |sessionend2 = March 3, 1897 |previous = 53rd |next = 55th }} The '''54th United States Congress''' was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1895, to March 4, 1897, during the last two years of Grover Cleveland's second presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1890 United States census. The House had a Republican majority, and the Republicans were the largest party in the Senate. {{TOC limit|2}}
==Major events== {{Main|1895 in the United States|1896 in the United States|1897 in the United States}}
* May 27, 1896: 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The costliest and third deadliest tornado in U.S. history levels a mile wide swath of downtown St. Louis, Missouri, incurring over $10,000,000 (over $375 mil. in 2025) in damages at contemporaneous prices, killing more than 255 and injuring over 1,000 people. * November 3, 1896: U.S. presidential election, 1896: Republican William McKinley defeats Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan. This is regarded as a realigning election, that ended the old Third Party System and started the Fourth Party System * February 19, 1897: United States Copyright Office established as a department in the Library of Congress.
==Major legislation== {{Main|List of United States federal legislation#54th United States Congress}}
* May 21, 1896: Oil Pipe Line Act, ch. 212, {{USStat|29|127}} ({{USC|43|962}} et seq.) * May 22, 1896: Condemned Cannon Act, {{USStat|29|133}} * May 28, 1896: United States Commissioners Act, {{USStat|29|184}} * June 1, 1896: Married Women's Rights Act (District of Columbia), {{USStat|29|193}} * June 6, 1896: Filled Cheese Act, {{USStat|29|253}} * January 13, 1897: Stock Reservoir Act, {{USStat|29|484}}, ({{USC|43|952}} et seq.) * March 2, 1897: Tea Importation Act, {{USStat|29|604}}, ({{USC|21|41}} et seq.)
== States admitted == * January 4, 1896: Utah was admitted as the 45th state.
==Party summary== This count identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
=== Senate === {{US Congress party summary | congress=54 | party1=Democratic | party2=Populist | party3=Republican | party4=Silver Republican | party5=Silver | abb1=D | abb2=P | abb3=R | abb4=SR | abb5=S
| seats1_last=43 | seats2_last=3 | seats3_last=41 | seats4_last=0 | seats5_last=1 | seats_vacant_last=0
| seats1_begin=39 | seats2_begin=4 | seats3_begin=42 | seats4_begin=0 | seats5_begin=2 | shading5_begin = Republican | seats_vacant_begin=1
| seats1_end=40 | seats2_end=4 | seats3_end=44 | seats4_end=0 | seats5_end=2 | shading5_end = Republican | seats_vacant_end=0
| seats1_next=33 | seats2_next=5 | seats3_next=43 | seats4_next=5 | seats5_next=2 | seats_vacant_next=2 }}
=== House of Representatives === {{US Congress party summary | congress=54 | party1=Democratic | party2=Populist | party3=Republican | party4=Silver | party5=Other | abb1=D | abb2=P | abb3=R | abb4=S | abb5=O
| seats1_last=214 | seats2_last=11 | seats3_last=123 | seats4_last=1 | seats5_last=1 | seats_vacant_last=6
| seats1_begin=104 | seats2_begin=7 | seats3_begin=240 | seats4_begin=1 | seats5_begin=0 | seats_vacant_begin=4
| seats1_end=94 | seats2_end=9 | seats3_end=252 | seats4_end=1 | seats5_end=0 | seats_vacant_end=1
| seats1_next=126 | seats2_next=22 | seats3_next=202 | seats4_next=1 | seats5_next=4 | seats_vacant_next=2 | note5_next=Silver Republican & Independent. }}
==Leadership== [[File:Adlai Stevenson I by Saroney c1892-crop.jpg|thumb|right|175px|President of the Senate<br>Adlai E. Stevenson]] [[File:TBReed.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Speaker of the House<br>Thomas B. Reed]]
=== Senate === * President: Adlai E. Stevenson (D) * President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)
==== Majority (Republican) leadership ==== * Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman
==== Minority (Democratic) leadership ==== * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Arthur P. Gorman
=== House of Representatives === * Speaker: Thomas B. Reed (R) * Minority Leader: Charles F. Crisp (D)
==== Majority (Republican) leadership ==== * Republican Conference Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock
==== Minority (Democratic) leadership ==== * Democratic Caucus Chairman: David B. Culberson * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Charles James Faulkner
== Members== This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district. :''Skip to House of Representatives, below''
===Senate=== {{main|List of United States senators in the 54th Congress}} Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1896.
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==== Alabama ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. John T. Morgan (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. James L. Pugh (D)
==== Arkansas ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. James H. Berry (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. James K. Jones (D)
==== California ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Stephen M. White (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. George C. Perkins (R)
==== Colorado ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Edward O. Wolcott (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Henry M. Teller (R)
==== Connecticut ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Joseph R. Hawley (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Orville H. Platt (R)
==== Delaware ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. George Gray (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Richard R. Kenney (D), from January 19, 1897
==== Florida ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Samuel Pasco (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Wilkinson Call (D)
==== Georgia ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Augustus O. Bacon (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. John B. Gordon (D)
==== Idaho ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. George L. Shoup (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Fred T. Dubois (R)
==== Illinois ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. John McAuley Palmer (D)
==== Indiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. David Turpie (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Daniel W. Voorhees (D)
==== Iowa ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. John H. Gear (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. William B. Allison (R)
==== Kansas ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Lucien Baker (R) : {{Party stripe|Populist Party (US)}}3. William A. Peffer (P)
==== Kentucky ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. William Lindsay (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)
==== Louisiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Donelson Caffery (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Newton C. Blanchard (D)
==== Maine ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Eugene Hale (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. William P. Frye (R)
==== Maryland ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Charles H. Gibson (D)
==== Massachusetts ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. George F. Hoar (R)
==== Michigan ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Julius C. Burrows (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. James McMillan (R)
==== Minnesota ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Cushman K. Davis (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Knute Nelson (R)
==== Mississippi ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. James Z. George (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Edward C. Walthall (D)
==== Missouri ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Francis Cockrell (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. George G. Vest (D)
==== Montana ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Lee Mantle (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Thomas H. Carter (R) {{col-break}}
==== Nebraska ==== : {{Party stripe|Populist Party (US)}}1. William V. Allen (P) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. John M. Thurston (R)
==== Nevada ==== : {{Party stripe|Silver Party}}1. William M. Stewart (S) : {{Party stripe|Silver Party}}3. John P. Jones (S)
==== New Hampshire ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. William E. Chandler (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)
==== New Jersey ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. James Smith Jr. (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. William J. Sewell (R)
==== New York ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Edward Murphy Jr. (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. David B. Hill (D)
==== North Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Populist Party (US)}}2. Marion Butler (P) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Jeter C. Pritchard (R)
==== North Dakota ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. William N. Roach (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)
==== Ohio ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. John Sherman (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Calvin S. Brice (D)
==== Oregon ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. George W. McBride (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. John H. Mitchell (R)
==== Pennsylvania ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Matthew S. Quay (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. J. Donald Cameron (R)
==== Rhode Island ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. George P. Wetmore (R)
==== South Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. John L. M. Irby (D)
==== South Dakota ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Richard F. Pettigrew (R) : {{Party stripe|Populist Party (US)}}3. James H. Kyle (P)
==== Tennessee ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. William B. Bate (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Isham G. Harris (D)
==== Texas ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Roger Q. Mills (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Horace Chilton (D)
==== Utah ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Frank J. Cannon (R), from January 22, 1896 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Arthur Brown (R), from January 22, 1896
==== Vermont ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Redfield Proctor (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Justin S. Morrill (R)
==== Virginia ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. John W. Daniel (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Thomas S. Martin (D)
==== Washington ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. John L. Wilson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Watson C. Squire (R)
==== West Virginia ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Charles J. Faulkner Jr. (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Stephen B. Elkins (R)
==== Wisconsin ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. John L. Mitchell (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. William F. Vilas (D)
==== Wyoming ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Clarence D. Clark (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Francis E. Warren (R) {{col-break}} [[File:54th United States Congress Senators.svg|thumb|375px|Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 54th Congress in March 1895. The green stripes represent Populists. {{legend|#0044aa|2 Democrats}} {{legend|#660080|1 Democrat and 1 Republican}} {{legend|#aa0000|2 Republicans}} {{legend|#777|2 Silver}}]] {{col-end}}
===House of Representatives=== {{main|List of United States representatives in the 54th Congress}} The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
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==== Alabama ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|1|1}}. Richard H. Clarke (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|2|2}}. Jesse F. Stallings (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|3|3}}. George P. Harrison (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|4|4}}. Gaston A. Robbins (D), until March 13, 1896 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}William F. Aldrich (R), from March 13, 1896 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|5|5}}. James E. Cobb (D), until April 21, 1896 :: {{Party stripe|Populist Party (US)}}Albert T. Goodwyn (P), from April 22, 1896 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|6|6}}. John H. Bankhead (D) : {{Party stripe|Populist Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|7|7}}. Milford W. Howard (P) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|8|8}}. Joseph Wheeler (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|9|9}}. Oscar Underwood (D), until June 9, 1896 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Truman H. Aldrich (R), from June 9, 1896
==== Arkansas ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Arkansas|1|1}}. Philip D. McCulloch Jr. (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Arkansas|2|2}}. John S. Little (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Arkansas|3|3}}. Thomas C. McRae (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Arkansas|4|4}}. William L. Terry (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Arkansas|5|5}}. Hugh A. Dinsmore (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Arkansas|6|6}}. Robert Neill (D)
==== California ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|California|1|1}}. John A. Barham (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|California|2|2}}. Grove L. Johnson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|California|3|3}}. Samuel G. Hilborn (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|California|4|4}}. James G. Maguire (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|California|5|5}}. Eugene F. Loud (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|California|6|6}}. James McLachlan (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|California|7|7}}. William W. Bowers (R)
==== Colorado ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Colorado|1|1}}. John F. Shafroth (R) : {{Party stripe|Populist Party (US)}}{{ushr|Colorado|2|2}}. John C. Bell (P)
==== Connecticut ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Connecticut|1|1}}. E. Stevens Henry (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Connecticut|2|2}}. Nehemiah D. Sperry (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Connecticut|3|3}}. Charles A. Russell (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Connecticut|4|4}}. Ebenezer J. Hill (R)
==== Delaware ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Delaware|AL|At-large}}. Jonathan S. Willis (R)
==== Florida ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Florida|1|1}}. Stephen M. Sparkman (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Florida|2|2}}. Charles M. Cooper (D)
==== Georgia ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|1|1}}. Rufus E. Lester (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|2|2}}. Benjamin E. Russell (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|3|3}}. Charles F. Crisp (D), until October 23, 1896 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Charles R. Crisp (D), from December 19, 1896 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|4|4}}. Charles L. Moses (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|5|5}}. Leonidas F. Livingston (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|6|6}}. Charles L. Bartlett (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|7|7}}. John W. Maddox (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|8|8}}. Thomas G. Lawson (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|9|9}}. Farish C. Tate (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|10|10}}. James C. C. Black (D), until March 4, 1895 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}James C. C. Black (D), from October 2, 1895 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|11|11}}. Henry G. Turner (D)
==== Idaho ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Idaho|AL|At-large}}. Edgar Wilson (R)
==== Illinois ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|1|1}}. J. Frank Aldrich (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|2|2}}. William Lorimer (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|3|3}}. Lawrence E. McGann (D), until December 27, 1895 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Hugh R. Belknap (R), from December 27, 1895 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|4|4}}. Charles W. Woodman (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|5|5}}. George E. White (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|6|6}}. Edward D. Cooke (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|7|7}}. George E. Foss (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|8|8}}. Albert J. Hopkins (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|9|9}}. Robert R. Hitt (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|10|10}}. George W. Prince (R), from December 2, 1895 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|11|11}}. Walter Reeves (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|12|12}}. Joseph G. Cannon (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|13|13}}. Vespasian Warner (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|14|14}}. Joseph V. Graff (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|15|15}}. Benjamin F. Marsh (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|16|16}}. Finis E. Downing (D), until June 5, 1896 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}John I. Rinaker (R), from June 5, 1896 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|17|17}}. James A. Connolly (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|18|18}}. Frederick Remann (R), until July 14, 1895 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}William F. L. Hadley (R), from December 2, 1895 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|19|19}}. Benson Wood (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|20|20}}. Orlando Burrell (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|21|21}}. Everett J. Murphy (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|22|22}}. George Washington Smith (R)
==== Indiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|1|1}}. James A. Hemenway (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|2|2}}. Alexander M. Hardy (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|3|3}}. Robert J. Tracewell (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|4|4}}. James E. Watson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|5|5}}. Jesse Overstreet (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|6|6}}. Henry U. Johnson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|7|7}}. Charles L. Henry (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|8|8}}. George W. Faris (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|9|9}}. J. Frank Hanly (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|10|10}}. Jethro A. Hatch (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|11|11}}. George W. Steele (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|12|12}}. Jacob D. Leighty (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|13|13}}. Lemuel W. Royse (R)
==== Iowa ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|1|1}}. Samuel M. Clark (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|2|2}}. George M. Curtis (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|3|3}}. David B. Henderson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|4|4}}. Thomas Updegraff (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|5|5}}. Robert G. Cousins (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|6|6}}. John F. Lacey (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|7|7}}. John A. T. Hull (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|8|8}}. William P. Hepburn (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|9|9}}. Alva L. Hager (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|10|10}}. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|11|11}}. George D. Perkins (R)
==== Kansas ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kansas|1|1}}. Case Broderick (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kansas|2|2}}. Orrin L. Miller (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kansas|3|3}}. Snyder S. Kirkpatrick (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kansas|4|4}}. Charles Curtis (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kansas|5|5}}. William A. Calderhead (R) : {{Party stripe|Populist Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kansas|6|6}}. William Baker (P) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kansas|7|7}}. Chester I. Long (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kansas|AL|At-large}}. Richard W. Blue (R)
==== Kentucky ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|1|1}}. John K. Hendrick (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|2|2}}. John D. Clardy (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|3|3}}. W. Godfrey Hunter (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|4|4}}. John W. Lewis (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|5|5}}. Walter Evans (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|6|6}}. Albert S. Berry (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|7|7}}. William C. Owens (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|8|8}}. James B. McCreary (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|9|9}}. Samuel J. Pugh (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|10|10}}. Joseph M. Kendall (D), until February 18, 1897 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Nathan T. Hopkins (R), from February 18, 1897 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|11|11}}. David G. Colson (R)
==== Louisiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Louisiana|1|1}}. Adolph Meyer (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Louisiana|2|2}}. Charles F. Buck (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Louisiana|3|3}}. Andrew Price (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Louisiana|4|4}}. Henry W. Ogden (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Louisiana|5|5}}. Charles J. Boatner (D), until March 20, 1896 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Charles J. Boatner (D), from June 10, 1896 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Louisiana|6|6}}. Samuel M. Robertson (D)
==== Maine ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maine|1|1}}. Thomas B. Reed (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maine|2|2}}. Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maine|3|3}}. Seth L. Milliken (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maine|4|4}}. Charles A. Boutelle (R)
==== Maryland ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|1|1}}. Joshua W. Miles (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|2|2}}. William B. Baker (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|3|3}}. Henry W. Rusk (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|4|4}}. John K. Cowen (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|5|5}}. Charles E. Coffin (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|6|6}}. George L. Wellington (R)
==== Massachusetts ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|1|1}}. Ashley B. Wright (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|2|2}}. Frederick H. Gillett (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|3|3}}. Joseph H. Walker (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|4|4}}. Lewis D. Apsley (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|5|5}}. William S. Knox (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|6|6}}. William Cogswell (R), until May 22, 1895 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}William H. Moody (R), from November 5, 1895 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|7|7}}. William E. Barrett (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|8|8}}. Samuel W. McCall (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|9|9}}. John F. Fitzgerald (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|10|10}}. Harrison H. Atwood (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|11|11}}. William F. Draper (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|12|12}}. Elijah A. Morse (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|13|13}}. John Simpkins (R)
==== Michigan ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|1|1}}. John B. Corliss (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|2|2}}. George Spalding (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|3|3}}. Alfred Milnes (R), from December 2, 1895 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|4|4}}. Henry F. Thomas (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|5|5}}. William Alden Smith (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|6|6}}. David D. Aitken (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|7|7}}. Horace G. Snover (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|8|8}}. William S. Linton (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|9|9}}. Roswell P. Bishop (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|10|10}}. Rousseau O. Crump (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|11|11}}. John Avery (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|12|12}}. Samuel M. Stephenson (R)
==== Minnesota ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Minnesota|1|1}}. James Albertus Tawney (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Minnesota|2|2}}. James T. McCleary (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Minnesota|3|3}}. Joel Heatwole (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Minnesota|4|4}}. Andrew R. Kiefer (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Minnesota|5|5}}. Loren Fletcher (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Minnesota|6|6}}. Charles A. Towne (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Minnesota|7|7}}. Frank Eddy (R)
==== Mississippi ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|1|1}}. John M. Allen (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|2|2}}. John C. Kyle (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|3|3}}. Thomas C. Catchings (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|4|4}}. Hernando D. Money (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|5|5}}. John Sharp Williams (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|6|6}}. Walter McKennon Denny (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|7|7}}. James G. Spencer (D)
==== Missouri ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|1|1}}. Charles N. Clark (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|2|2}}. Uriel S. Hall (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|3|3}}. Alexander M. Dockery (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|4|4}}. George C. Crowther (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|5|5}}. John C. Tarsney (D), until February 27, 1896 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Robert T. Van Horn (R), from February 27, 1896 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|6|6}}. David A. De Armond (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|7|7}}. John P. Tracey (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|8|8}}. Joel D. Hubbard (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|9|9}}. William M. Treloar (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|10|10}}. Richard Bartholdt (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|11|11}}. Charles F. Joy (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|12|12}}. Seth W. Cobb (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|13|13}}. John H. Raney (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|14|14}}. Norman A. Mozley (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|15|15}}. Charles G. Burton (R)
==== Montana ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Montana|AL|At-large}}. Charles S. Hartman (R) {{col-break}}
==== Nebraska ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Nebraska|1|1}}. Jesse B. Strode (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Nebraska|2|2}}. David H. Mercer (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Nebraska|3|3}}. George D. Meiklejohn (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Nebraska|4|4}}. Eugene J. Hainer (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Nebraska|5|5}}. William E. Andrews (R) : {{Party stripe|Populist Party (US)}}{{ushr|Nebraska|6|6}}. Omer M. Kem (P)
==== Nevada ==== : {{Party stripe|Silver Party}}{{ushr|Nevada|AL|At-large}}. Francis G. Newlands (S)
==== New Hampshire ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|1|1}}. Cyrus A. Sulloway (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|2|2}}. Henry M. Baker (R)
==== New Jersey ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|1|1}}. Henry C. Loudenslager (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|2|2}}. John J. Gardner (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|3|3}}. Benjamin F. Howell (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|4|4}}. Mahlon Pitney (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|5|5}}. James F. Stewart (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|6|6}}. Richard Wayne Parker (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|7|7}}. Thomas McEwan Jr. (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|8|8}}. Charles N. Fowler (R)
==== New York ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|1|1}}. Richard Cunningham McCormick (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|2|2}}. Denis M. Hurley (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|3|3}}. Francis H. Wilson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|4|4}}. Israel F. Fischer (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|5|5}}. Charles G. Bennett (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|6|6}}. James R. Howe (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|7|7}}. Franklin Bartlett (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|8|8}}. James J. Walsh (D), until June 2, 1896 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}John M. Mitchell (R), from June 2, 1896 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|9|9}}. Henry C. Miner (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|10|10}}. Amos J. Cummings (D) from November 5, 1895 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|11|11}}. William Sulzer (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|12|12}}. George B. McClellan Jr. (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|13|13}}. Richard C. Shannon (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|14|14}}. Lemuel E. Quigg (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|15|15}}. Philip B. Low (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|16|16}}. Benjamin L. Fairchild (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|17|17}}. Benjamin Odell (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|18|18}}. Jacob LeFever (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|19|19}}. Frank S. Black (R), until January 7, 1897 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|20|20}}. George N. Southwick (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|21|21}}. David F. Wilber (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|22|22}}. Newton M. Curtis (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|23|23}}. Wallace T. Foote Jr. (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|24|24}}. Charles A. Chickering (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|25|25}}. James S. Sherman (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|26|26}}. George W. Ray (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|27|27}}. Theodore L. Poole (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|28|28}}. Sereno E. Payne (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|29|29}}. Charles W. Gillet (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|30|30}}. James W. Wadsworth (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|31|31}}. Henry C. Brewster (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|32|32}}. Rowland B. Mahany (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|33|33}}. Charles Daniels (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|34|34}}. Warren B. Hooker (R)
==== North Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Populist Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|1|1}}. Harry Skinner (P) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|2|2}}. Frederick A. Woodard (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|3|3}}. John G. Shaw (D) : {{Party stripe|Populist Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|4|4}}. William F. Strowd (P) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|5|5}}. Thomas Settle III (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|6|6}}. James A. Lockhart (D), until June 5, 1896 :: {{Party stripe|Populist Party (US)}}Charles H. Martin (P), from June 5, 1896 : {{Party stripe|Populist Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|7|7}}. Alonzo C. Shuford (P) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|8|8}}. Romulus Z. Linney (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|9|9}}. Richmond Pearson (R)
==== North Dakota ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Dakota|AL|At-large}}. Martin N. Johnson (R)
==== Ohio ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|1|1}}. Charles P. Taft (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|2|2}}. Jacob H. Bromwell (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|3|3}}. Paul J. Sorg (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|4|4}}. Fernando C. Layton (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|5|5}}. Francis B. De Witt (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|6|6}}. George W. Hulick (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|7|7}}. George W. Wilson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|8|8}}. Luther M. Strong (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|9|9}}. James H. Southard (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|10|10}}. Lucien J. Fenton (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|11|11}}. Charles H. Grosvenor (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|12|12}}. David K. Watson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|13|13}}. Stephen R. Harris (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|14|14}}. Winfield S. Kerr (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|15|15}}. Henry C. Van Voorhis (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|16|16}}. Lorenzo Danford (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|17|17}}. Addison S. McClure (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|18|18}}. Robert W. Tayler (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|19|19}}. Stephen A. Northway (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|20|20}}. Clifton B. Beach (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|21|21}}. Theodore E. Burton (R)
==== Oregon ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Oregon|1|1}}. Binger Hermann (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Oregon|2|2}}. William R. Ellis (R)
==== Pennsylvania ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|1|1}}. Henry H. Bingham (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|2|2}}. Robert Adams Jr. (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|3|3}}. Frederick Halterman (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|4|4}}. John E. Reyburn (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|5|5}}. Alfred C. Harmer (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|6|6}}. John B. Robinson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|7|7}}. Irving P. Wanger (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|8|8}}. Joseph J. Hart (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|9|9}}. Constantine J. Erdman (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|10|10}}. Marriott Brosius (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|11|11}}. Joseph A. Scranton (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|12|12}}. John Leisenring (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|13|13}}. Charles N. Brumm (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|14|14}}. Ephraim M. Woomer (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|15|15}}. James H. Codding (R), from November 5, 1895 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|16|16}}. Fred C. Leonard (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|17|17}}. Monroe H. Kulp (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|18|18}}. Thaddeus M. Mahon (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|19|19}}. James A. Stahle (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|20|20}}. Josiah D. Hicks (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|21|21}}. Daniel B. Heiner (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|22|22}}. John Dalzell (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|23|23}}. William A. Stone (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|24|24}}. Ernest F. Acheson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|25|25}}. Thomas W. Phillips (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|26|26}}. Matthew Griswold (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|27|27}}. Charles W. Stone (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|28|28}}. William C. Arnold (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|AL|At-large}}. Galusha A. Grow (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|AL|At-large}}. George F. Huff (R)
==== Rhode Island ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Rhode Island|1|1}}. Melville Bull (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Rhode Island|2|2}}. Warren O. Arnold (R)
==== South Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|1|1}}. William Elliott (D), until June 4, 1896 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}George W. Murray (R), from June 4, 1896 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|2|2}}. William J. Talbert (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|3|3}}. Asbury C. Latimer (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|4|4}}. Stanyarne Wilson (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|5|5}}. Thomas J. Strait (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|6|6}}. John L. McLaurin (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|7|7}}. J. William Stokes (D), until June 1, 1896 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}J. William Stokes (D), from November 3, 1896
==== South Dakota ==== Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.<br>(2 Republicans) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Dakota|AL|At-large}}. Robert J. Gamble (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Dakota|AL|At-large}}. John A. Pickler (R)
==== Tennessee ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|1|1}}. William C. Anderson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|2|2}}. Henry R. Gibson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|3|3}}. Foster V. Brown (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|4|4}}. Benton McMillin (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|5|5}}. James D. Richardson (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|6|6}}. Joseph E. Washington (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|7|7}}. Nicholas N. Cox (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|8|8}}. John E. McCall (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|9|9}}. James C. McDearmon (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|10|10}}. Josiah Patterson (D)
==== Texas ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|1|1}}. Joseph C. Hutcheson (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|2|2}}. Samuel B. Cooper (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|3|3}}. Charles H. Yoakum (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|4|4}}. David B. Culberson (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|5|5}}. Joseph W. Bailey (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|6|6}}. Joseph Abbott (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|7|7}}. George C. Pendleton (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|8|8}}. Charles K. Bell (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|9|9}}. Joseph D. Sayers (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|10|10}}. Miles Crowley (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|11|11}}. William H. Crain (D), until February 10, 1896 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Rudolph Kleberg (D), from April 7, 1896 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|12|12}}. George H. Noonan (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|13|13}}. Jeremiah V. Cockrell (D)
==== Utah ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Utah|AL|At-large}}. Clarence E. Allen (R), from January 4, 1896
==== Vermont ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Vermont|1|1}}. H. Henry Powers (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Vermont|2|2}}. William W. Grout (R)
==== Virginia ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|1|1}}. William A. Jones (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|2|2}}. D. Gardiner Tyler (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|3|3}}. Tazewell Ellett (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|4|4}}. William R. McKenney (D), until May 2, 1896 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Robert T. Thorp (R), from May 2, 1896 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|5|5}}. Claude A. Swanson (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|6|6}}. Peter J. Otey (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|7|7}}. Smith S. Turner (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|8|8}}. Elisha E. Meredith (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|9|9}}. James A. Walker (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|10|10}}. Henry St. George Tucker III (D)
==== Washington ==== Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.<br>(2 Republicans) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Washington|AL|At-large}}. William H. Doolittle (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Washington|AL|At-large}}. Samuel C. Hyde (R)
==== West Virginia ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|West Virginia|1|1}}. Blackburn B. Dovener (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|West Virginia|2|2}}. Alston G. Dayton (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|West Virginia|3|3}}. James H. Huling (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|West Virginia|4|4}}. Warren Miller (R)
==== Wisconsin ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|1|1}}. Henry Allen Cooper (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|2|2}}. Edward Sauerhering (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|3|3}}. Joseph W. Babcock (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|4|4}}. Theobald Otjen (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|5|5}}. Samuel S. Barney (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|6|6}}. Samuel A. Cook (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|7|7}}. Michael Griffin (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|8|8}}. Edward S. Minor (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|9|9}}. Alexander Stewart (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|10|10}}. John J. Jenkins (R)
==== Wyoming ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wyoming|AL|At-large}}. Frank W. Mondell (R)
====Non-voting members==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Arizona Territory|AL|Arizona Territory}}. Nathan O. Murphy (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Mexico Territory|AL|New Mexico Territory}}. Thomas B. Catron (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Oklahoma Territory|AL|Oklahoma Territory}}. Dennis T. Flynn (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Utah Territory|AL|Utah Territory}}. Frank J. Cannon (R), until January 4, 1896 {{col-break}} thumb|400px| {| style="margin:auto;" |- ! colspan=2 | House seats by party holding plurality in state |- |{{legend|#00f|80+% to 100% Democratic}} |{{legend|#f00|80+% to 100% Republican}} |- |{{legend|#09f|60+% to 80% Democratic}} |{{legend|#f66|60+% to 80% Republican}} |- |{{legend|#0ff|Up to 60% Democratic}} |{{legend|#f99|Up to 60% Republican}} |} {{col-end}}
==Changes in membership== <!--
Sorted chronologically by date of vacancy
--> The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
=== Senate === Two seats were added when Utah was admitted and one seat was filled late. {{see also|List of special elections to the United States Senate}}
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|- | nowrap | Utah<br/>(1) | New seat | State was admitted to the Union | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | Frank J. Cannon (R) | January 22, 1896 | New seat | nowrap | Utah<br/>(1) | State was admitted to the Union | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | Arthur Brown (R) | January 22, 1896
|- | nowrap | Delaware<br/>(2) | Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect.<br/>A successor was eventually elected | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | Richard R. Kenney<br/>(D) | January 19, 1897
|}
=== House of Representatives === There were 4 deaths, 2 resignations, 13 election challenges, 1 new seat, and 4 seats vacant from the previous Congress. Democrats had a 10-seat net loss; Republicans had a 12-seat net gain; and Populists had a 2-seat net gain. {{See also|List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives}}
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|- | {{ushr|New York|10|X}} | Vacant | Representative-elect Andrew J. Campbell died before the start of Congress.<br/>New member elected November 5, 1895. | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | Amos J. Cummings (D) | November 5, 1895
|- | {{ushr|Illinois|10|X}} | Vacant | Philip S. Post (R) was re-elected, but died before this Congress.<br/>New member elected December 2, 1895. | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | George W. Prince (R) | December 2, 1895
|- | {{ushr|Michigan|3|X}} | Vacant | Julius C. Burrows (R) was re-elected, but resigned in the previous Congress to serve in the Senate.<br/>New member elected December 2, 1895. | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | Alfred Milnes (R) | December 2, 1895
|- | {{ushr|Pennsylvania|15|X}} | Vacant | Rep-elect Myron B. Wright died in office. New member elected November 5, 1895. | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | James H. Codding (R) | November 5, 1895
|- | {{ushr|Utah Territory|AL|X}} | {{party shading/Republican}} | Frank J. Cannon (R) | Seat eliminated January 4, 1896, upon statehood. | colspan=2 | Seat eliminated
|- | {{ushr|Utah|AL|X}} | New seat | State was admitted to the Union.<br/>New member elected November 5, 1895. | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | Clarence E. Allen (R) | January 4, 1896
|- | {{ushr|Georgia|10|X}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | James C. C. Black (D) | Resigned March 4, 1895.<br/>Incumbent was subsequently re-elected October 2, 1895. | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | James C. C. Black (D) | October 2, 1895
|- | {{ushr|Massachusetts|6|X}} | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | William Cogswell (R) | Died May 22, 1895.<br/>New member elected November 5, 1895. | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | William H. Moody (R) | November 5, 1895
|- | {{ushr|Illinois|18|X}} | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | Frederick Remann (R) | Died July 14, 1895.<br/>New member elected December 2, 1895. | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | William F. L. Hadley (R) | December 2, 1895
|- | {{ushr|Illinois|3|X}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | Lawrence E. McGann (D) | Election was successfully challenged December 27, 1895. | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | Hugh R. Belknap (R) | December 27, 1895
|- | {{ushr|Texas|11|X}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | William H. Crain (D) | Died February 10, 1896.<br/>New member elected April 7, 1896. | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | Rudolph Kleberg (D) | April 7, 1896
|- | {{ushr|Missouri|5|X}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | John C. Tarsney (D) | Election was successfully challenged February 27, 1896. | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | Robert T. Van Horn (R) | February 27, 1896
|- | {{ushr|Alabama|4|X}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | Gaston A. Robbins (D) | Election was successfully challenged March 13, 1896. | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | William F. Aldrich (R) | March 13, 1896
|- | {{ushr|Virginia|4|X}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | William R. McKenney (D) | Election was successfully challenged May 2, 1896. | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | Robert T. Thorp (R) | May 2, 1896
|- | {{ushr|Louisiana|5|X}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | Charles J. Boatner (D) | Election was challenged and declared vacant March 20, 1896.<br/>Incumbent was subsequently elected June 10, 1896. | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | Charles J. Boatner (D) | June 10, 1896
|- | {{ushr|Alabama|5|X}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | James E. Cobb (D) | Election was successfully challenged April 21, 1896. | {{party shading/Populist}} nowrap | Albert T. Goodwyn (P) | April 22, 1896
|- | {{ushr|South Carolina|7|X}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | J. William Stokes (D) | Seat declared vacant June 1, 1896.<br/>Incumbent was subsequently elected November 3, 1896. | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | J. William Stokes (D) | November 3, 1896
|- | {{ushr|New York|8|X}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | James J. Walsh (D) | Election was successfully challenged June 2, 1896. | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | John M. Mitchell (R) | June 2, 1896
|- | {{ushr|South Carolina|1|X}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | William Elliott (D) | Election was successfully challenged June 4, 1896. | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | George W. Murray (R) | June 4, 1896
|- | {{ushr|Illinois|16|X}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | Finis E. Downing (D) | Election was successfully challenged June 5, 1896. | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | John I. Rinaker (R) | June 5, 1896
|- | {{ushr|North Carolina|6|X}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | James A. Lockhart (D) | Election was successfully challenged June 5, 1896. | {{party shading/Populist}} nowrap | Charles H. Martin (P) | June 5, 1896
|- | {{ushr|Alabama|9|X}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | Oscar W. Underwood (D) | Election was successfully challenged June 9, 1896. | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | Truman H. Aldrich (R) | June 9, 1896
|- | {{ushr| Georgia|3|X}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | Charles F. Crisp (D) | Died October 23, 1896.<br/>New member elected December 19, 1896. | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | Charles R. Crisp (D) | December 19, 1896
|- | {{ushr|New York|19|X}} | {{party shading/Republican}} | Frank S. Black (R) | Resigned January 7, 1897. | colspan=2 | Vacant until next Congress
|- | {{ushr|Kentucky|10|X}} | {{party shading/Democratic}} nowrap | Joseph M. Kendall (D) | Election was successfully challenged February 18, 1897. | {{party shading/Republican}} nowrap | Nathan T. Hopkins (R) | February 18, 1897
|}
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===Senate===
* Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom) * Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Redfield Proctor; Ranking Member: James Z. George) * Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: James K. Jones) * Canadian Relations (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member: Edward Murphy Jr.) * Census (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: David Turpie) * Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Jeter C. Pritchard; Ranking Member: John B. Gordon) * Claims (Chairman: Watson C. Squire; Ranking Member: Samuel Pasco) * Coast Defenses (Chairman: Watson C. Squire; Ranking Member: John B. Gordon) * Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) * Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: James K. Jones; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) * District of Columbia (Chairman: James McMillan; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) * Education and Labor (Chairman: George L. Shoup; Ranking Member: James Z. George) * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: Lucien Baker) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member: Donelson Caffery) * Epidemic Diseases (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger) * Establish a University in the United States (Select) * Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: James H. Kyle; Ranking Member: George Gray) * Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) * Fisheries (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Wilkinson Call) * Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: George Gray; Ranking Member: Orville H. Platt) * Foreign Relations (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: John Tyler Morgan) * Forest Reservations (Select) (Chairman: William V. Allen) * Geological Survey (Select) (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Edward C. Walthall) * Immigration (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: David B. Hill) * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Richard F. Pettigrew; Ranking Member: William V. Allen) * Indian Depredations (Chairman: John L. Wilson; Ranking Member: William Lindsay) * International Expositions (Select) (Chairman: John M. Thurston; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) * Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman) * Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Stephen M. White) * Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: James L. Pugh) * Library (Chairman: Henry C. Hansbrough; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) * Manufactures (Chairman: George P. Wetmore; Ranking Member: Charles H. Gibson) * Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: William B. Bate) * Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: William B. Bate) * Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Knute Nelson) * National Banks (Select) (Chairman: Lee Mantle; Ranking Member: John L. Mitchell) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn) * Nicaragua Canal (Select) (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: John H. Mitchell) * Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman: Marion Butler; Ranking Member: James Smith Jr.) * Pacific Railroads (Chairman: John H. Gear; Ranking Member: Calvin S. Brice) * Patents (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Wilkinson Call) * Pensions (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: John M. Palmer) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Marion Butler) * Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman: James Z. George; Ranking Member: William P. Frye) * Printing (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale) * Privileges and Elections (Chairman: John H. Mitchell; Ranking Member: George Gray) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) * Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: George S. Vest) * Public Lands (Chairman: Fred T. Dubois; Ranking Member: William V. Allen) * Railroads (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: James H. Berry) * Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: James L. Pugh; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron) * Rules (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn) * Tariff Regulation (Select) * Tennessee Centennial Exposition (Select) * Territories (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis; Ranking Member: David B. Hill) * Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Joseph C.S. Blackburn; Ranking Member: George P. Wetmore) * Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: George W. McBride; Ranking Member: John L. M. Irby) * Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: Lucien Baker; Ranking Member: William N. Roach) * Whole * Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Wilkinson Call; Ranking Member: Matthew S. Quay) (Select)
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===House of Representatives===
* Accounts (Chairman: J. Frank Aldrich; Ranking Member: Melville Bull) * Agriculture (Chairman: James W. Wadsworth; Ranking Member: Horace G. Snover) * Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Elijah A. Morse; Ranking Member: Jonathan S. Willis) * Appropriations (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon; Ranking Member: Joseph D. Sayers) * Banking and Currency (Chairman: Joseph H. Walker; Ranking Member: Ebenezer J. Hill) * Claims (Chairman: Charles N. Brumm; Ranking Member: David G. Colson) * Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Charles W. Stone; Ranking Member: Benjamin L. Fairchild) * Disposition of Executive Papers * District of Columbia (Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock; Ranking Member: George L. Wellington) * Education (Chairman: Galusha A. Grow; Ranking Member: David A. De Armond) * Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Newton Martin Curtis; Ranking Member: John B. Corliss) * Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Charles Daniels; Ranking Member: Romulus Z. Linney) * Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Henry U. Johnson; Ranking Member: Chester I. Long) * Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Samuel W. McCall; Ranking Member: James H. Codding) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Alva L. Hager; Ranking Member: Benjamin E. Russell) * Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles W. Gillet; Ranking Member: Uriel S. Hall) * Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Charles Curtis; Ranking Member: William Sulzer) * Expenditures in the Justice Department(Chairman: William R. Ellis; Ranking Member: Henry G. Turner) * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Henry F. Thomas; Ranking Member: Smith S. Turner) * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Henry H. Bingham; Ranking Member: Henry W. Ogden) * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Lemuel E. Quigg; Ranking Member: Rufus E. Lester) * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor; Ranking Member: J. William Stokes) * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William W. Grout; Ranking Member: Jeremiah V. Cockrell) * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas Settle; Ranking Member: Oscar W. Underwood) * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert R. Hitt; Ranking Member: Richmond Pearson) * Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt; Ranking Member: Rowland B. Mahany) * Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Binger Hermann; Ranking Member: Samuel C. Hyde) * Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: George E. White) * Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn; Ranking Member: John B. Corliss) * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John A. Pickler; Ranking Member: William E. Andrews) * Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Henderson; Ranking Member: Foster V. Brown) * Labor (Chairman: Thomas W. Phillips; Ranking Member: Paul J. Sorg) * Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: George W. Ray; Ranking Member: W. Godfrey Hunter) * Library (Chairman: Alfred C. Harmer; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings) * Manufactures (Chairman: Lewis D. Apsley; Ranking Member: Monroe H. Kulp) * Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: Edward S. Minor) * Mileage (Chairman: Ashley B. Wright; Ranking Member: George C. Pendleton) * Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: Lucien J. Fenton) * Militia (Chairman: Benjamin F. Marsh; Ranking Member: Richard W. Parker) * Mines and Mining (Chairman: David D. Aitken; Ranking Member: Frank M. Eddy) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Charles A. Boutelle; Ranking Member: Alston G. Dayton) * Pacific Railroads (Chairman: H. Henry Powers; Ranking Member: George W. Faris) * Patents (Chairman: William F. Draper; Ranking Member: Winfield S. Kerr) * Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: Alexander M. Hardy) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Eugene F. Loud; Ranking Member: Orrin L. Miller) * Printing (Chairman: George D. Perkins; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: George W. Smith; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Howell) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Seth L. Milliken; Ranking Member: Samuel C. Hyde) * Public Lands (Chairman: John F. Lacey; Ranking Member: John F. Shafroth) * Railways and Canals (Chairman: Charles A. Chickering; Ranking Member: Thomas McEwan Jr.) * Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Marriott Brosius; Ranking Member: James McLachlan) * Revision of Laws (Chairman: William W. Bowers; Ranking Member: Theobald Otjen) * Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Warren B. Hooker; Ranking Member: Blackburn B. Dovener) * Rules (Chairman: Thomas B. Reed; Ranking Member: Charles F. Crisp) * Standards of Official Conduct * Territories (Chairman: Joseph A. Scranton; Ranking Member: Philip B. Low) * Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: William S. Linton; Ranking Member: Harry Skinner) * War Claims (Chairman: Thaddeus M. Mahon; Ranking Member: Samuel Pugh) * Ways and Means (Chairman: Nelson Dingley; Ranking Member: Charles F. Crisp) * Whole
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===Joint committees===
* Alcohol in the Arts (Select) * Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers * Investigate Charities and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia * The Library * Printing * Ford's Theater Disaster
==Caucuses== * Democratic (House) * Democratic (Senate)
== Employees == ===Legislative branch agency directors=== * Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark * Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford * Public Printer of the United States: Thomas E. Benedict
=== Senate === * Chaplain: William H. Millburn (Methodist) * Secretary: William Ruffin Cox * Librarian: Alonzo M. Church * Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright
=== House of Representatives === * Chaplain: Edward B. Bagby (Disciples of Christ), until December 2, 1895 ** Henry N. Couden (Universalist), elected December 2, 1895 * Clerk: James Kerr, until December 2, 1895 ** Alexander McDowell, from December 2, 1895 * Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds * Doorkeeper: William J. Glenn, elected December 2, 1895 * Postmaster: Joseph C. McElroy, elected December 2, 1895 * Reading Clerks: E. L. Lampson (D) and R. S. Hatcher (R) * Sergeant at Arms: Herman W. Snow, until December 2, 1895 ** Benjamin F. Russell, from December 2, 1895
== See also == * 1894 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress) ** 1894–95 United States Senate elections ** 1894 United States House of Representatives elections * 1896 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1896 United States presidential election ** 1896–97 United States Senate elections ** 1896 United States House of Representatives elections
==References== {{Notelist}} {{reflist}} * {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}} * {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060601025644/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress] * [http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html U.S. House of Representatives: House History] * [https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists] * {{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory for the 54th Congress, 1st Session |year = 1895|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=uwspAAAAYAAJ }} * {{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory for the 54th Congress, 1st Session (1st Revision) |url= http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435064990708;view=1up;seq=9 }} * {{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory for the 54th Congress, 1st Session (2nd Revision) |url= http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015022757804;view=1up;seq=5 }} * {{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory for the 54th Congress, 2nd Session |url= http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015022757820;view=1up;seq=9 }} * {{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory for the 54th Congress, 2nd Session (Revision) |url= http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015022757960;view=1up;seq=9 }}
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