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:''Main article: List Of United States Federal Legislation In The Fifty-fifth Congress
- Republicans : 210
- ---including 3 Silver Republicans and 1 Independent Republican
- Democrats : 124
- Populists : 22
- Independent Silverite: 1
TOTAL members 357
At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Nearly all of the members of the House of Representatives were elected to single member districts, by popular vo
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district. Also listed at the end are the delegates from the then-existing organized territories.
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- James Z. George (1826-1897), '' Democratic '' ...died August 14 , 1897 .
- : Hernando D. Money (1839-1912), '' Democratic '' ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 7 , 1897 .
- Edward C. Walthall (1831-1898), '' Democratic '' ...died April 21 , 1898 .
- : William V. Sullivan (1857-1918), '' Democratic '' ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated May 31 , 1898 .
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- 1. George W. Taylor (1849-1932), '' Democratic ''
- 2. Jesse F. Stallings (1856-1928), '' Democratic ''
- 3. Henry D. Clayton (1857-1929), '' Democratic ''
- 4. T.S. Plowman (1843-1919), '' Democratic '' ...contested election, served until February 9 , 1898 .
- : William F. Aldrich (1853-1925), '' Republican '' ...contested election, seated February 9 , 1898 .
- 5. Willis Brewer (1844-1912), '' Democratic ''
- 6. John H. Bankhead (1842-1920), '' Democratic ''
- 7. Milford W. Howard (1862-1937), '' Populist ''
- 8. Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906), '' Democratic ''
- 9. Oscar W. Underwood (1862-1929), '' Democratic ''
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- 1. Rufus E. Lester (1837-1906), '' Democratic ''
- 2. James M. Griggs (1861-1910), '' Democratic ''
- 3. E.B. Lewis (1854-1920), '' Democratic ''
- 4. William C. Adamson (1854-1929), '' Democratic ''
- 5. Leonidas F. Livingston (1832-1912), '' Democratic ''
- 6. William G. Brantley (1860-1934), '' Democratic ''
- 7. John W. Maddox (1848-1922), '' Democratic ''
- 8. William M. Howard (1857-1932), '' Democratic ''
- 9. Farish Carter Tate (1856-1922), '' Democratic ''
- 10. William H. Fleming (1856-1944), '' Democratic ''
- 11. Charles L. Bartlett (1853-1938), '' Democratic ''
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- 1. James R. Mann (1856-1922), '' Republican ''
- 2. William Lorimer (1861-1934), '' Republican ''
- 3. Hugh R. Belknap (1860-1901), '' Republican ''
- 4. Daniel W. Mills (1838-1904), '' Republican ''
- 5. George E. White (1848-1935), '' Republican ''
- 6. Edward D. Cooke (1849-1897), '' Republican '' ...died June 24 , 1897 .
- : Henry S. Boutell (1856-1926), '' Republican '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 , 1897 .
- 7. George E. Foss (1863-1936), '' Republican ''
- 8. Albert J. Hopkins (1846-1922), '' Republican ''
- 9. Robert R. Hitt (1834-1906), '' Republican ''
- 10 George W. Prince (1854-1939), '' Republican ''
- 11. Walter Reeves (1848-1909), '' Republican ''
- 12. Joseph G. Cannon (1836-1926), '' Republican ''
- 13. Vespasian Warner (1842-1925), '' Republican ''
- 14. Joseph V. Graff (1854-1921), '' Republican ''
- 15. Benjamin F. Marsh (1839-1905), '' Republican ''
- 16. William H. Hinrichsen (1850-1907), '' Democratic ''
- 17. James A. Connolly (1843-1914), '' Republican ''
- 18. Thomas M. Jett (1862-1939), '' Democratic ''
- 19. Andrew J. Hunter (1831-1913), '' Democratic ''
- 20. James R. Campbell (1853-1924), '' Democratic ''
- 21. Jehu Baker (1822-1903), '' Democratic ''
- 22. George W. Smith (1846-1907), '' Republican ''
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- 1. James A. Hemenway (1860-1923), '' Republican ''
- 2. Robert W. Miers (1848-1930), '' Democratic ''
- 3. William T. Zenor (1846-1916), '' Democratic ''
- 4. William S. Holman (1822-1897), '' Democratic '' ...died April 22 , 1897 .
- : Francis M. Griffith (1849-1927), '' Democratic '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 , 1897 .
- 5. George W. Faris (1854-1914), '' Republican ''
- 6. Henry U. Johnson (1850-1939), '' Republican ''
- 7. Jesse Overstreet (1859-1910), '' Republican ''
- 8. Charles L. Henry (1849-1927), '' Republican ''
- 9. Charles B. Landis (1858-1922), '' Republican ''
- 10. E.D. Crumpacker (1851-1920), '' Republican ''
- 11. George W. Steele (1839-1922), '' Republican ''
- 12. James M. Robinson (1861-1942), '' Democratic ''
- 13. Lemuel W. Royse (1847-1946), '' Republican ''
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- 1. Samuel M. Clark (1842-1900), '' Republican ''
- 2. George M. Curtis (1844-1921), '' Republican ''
- 3. David B. Henderson (1840-1906), '' Republican ''
- 4. Thomas Updegraff (1834-1910), '' Republican ''
- 5. Robert G. Cousins (1859-1933), '' Republican ''
- 6. John F. Lacey (1841-1913), '' Republican ''
- 7. John A.T. Hull (1841-1928), '' Republican ''
- 8. William P. Hepburn (1833-1916), '' Republican ''
- 9. Alva L. Hager (1850-1923), '' Republican ''
- 10. Jonathan P. Dolliver (1858-1910), '' Republican ''
- 11. George D. Perkins (1840-1914), '' Republican ''
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- 1. Charles K. Wheeler (1863-1933), '' Democratic ''
- 2. John D. Clardy (1828-1918), '' Democratic ''
- 3. John S. Rhea (1855-1924), '' Democratic ''
- 4. David H. Smith (1854-1928), '' Democratic ''
- 5. Walter Evans (1842-1923), '' Republican ''
- 6. Albert S. Berry (1836-1908), '' Democratic ''
- 7. Evan E. Settle (1848-1899), '' Democratic ''
- 8. George M. Davison (1855-1912), '' Republican ''
- 9. Samuel J. Pugh (1850-1922), '' Republican ''
- 10. Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick (1850-1906), '' Democratic ''
- 11. David G. Colson (1861-1904), '' Republican ''
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- 1. Thomas B. Reed (1839-1902), '' Republican ''
- 2. Nelson Dingley, Jr. (1832-1899), '' Republican '' ...died January 13 , 1899 .
- 3. Seth L. Milliken (1831-1897), '' Republican '' ...died April 18 , 1897 .
- : Edwin C. Burleigh (1843-1916), '' Republican '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated July 1 , 1897 .
- 4. Charles A. Boutelle (1839-1901), '' Republican ''
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- 1. Ashley B. Wright (1841-1897), '' Republican '' ...died August 14 , 1897 .
- : George P. Lawrence (1859-1917), '' Republican '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 , 1897 .
- 2. Frederick H. Gillett (1851-1935), '' Republican ''
- 3. Joseph H. Walker (1829-1907), '' Republican ''
- 4. George W. Weymouth (1850-1910), '' Republican ''
- 5. William S. Knox (1843-1914), '' Republican ''
- 6. William H. Moody (1853-1917), '' Republican ''
- 7. William E. Barrett (1858-1906), '' Republican ''
- 8. Samuel W. McCall (1851-1923), '' Republican ''
- 9. John F. Fitzgerald (1863-1950), '' Democratic ''
- 10. Samuel J. Barrows (1845-1909), '' Republican ''
- 11. Charles F. Sprague (1857-1902), '' Republican ''
- 12. William C. Lovering (1835-1910), '' Republican ''
- 13. John Simpkins (1862-1898), '' Republican '' ...died March 27 , 1898 .
- : William S. Greene (1841-1924), '' Republican '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated June 15 , 1898 .
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- 1. John B. Corliss (1851-1929), '' Republican ''
- 2. George Spalding (1836-1915), '' Republican ''
- 3. Albert M. Todd (1850-1931), '' Democratic ''
- 4. Edward L. Hamilton (1857-1923), '' Republican ''
- 5. William Alden Smith (1859-1932), '' Republican ''
- 6. Samuel W. Smith (1852-1931), '' Republican ''
- 7. Horace G. Snover (1847-1924), '' Republican ''
- 8. Ferdinand Brucker (1858-1904), '' Democratic ''
- 9. Roswell P. Bishop (1843-1920), '' Republican ''
- 10. Rousseau O. Crump (1843-1901), '' Republican ''
- 11. William S. Mesick (1856-1942), '' Republican ''
- 12. Carlos D. Shelden (1840-1904), '' Republican ''
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- 1. John M. Allen (1846-1917), '' Democratic ''
- 2. William V. Sullivan (1857-1918), '' Democratic '' ...resigned May 31 , 1898 .
- : Thomas Spight (1841-1924), '' Democratic '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 , 1898 .
- 3. Thomas C. Catchings (1847-1927), '' Democratic ''
- 4. A. F. Fox (1849-1926), '' Democratic ''
- 5. John S. Williams (1854-1932), '' Democratic ''
- 6. W. F. Love (1850-1898), '' Democratic '' ...died October 16 , 1898 .
- : Frank A. McLain (1852-1920), '' Democratic '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 12 , 1898 .
- 7. Patrick Henry (1843-1930), '' Democratic ''
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- 1. James T. Lloyd (1857-1944), '' Democratic '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated June 10 , 1897 .
- 2. Robert N. Bodine (1837-1914), '' Democratic ''
- 3. Alexander M. Dockery (1845-1926), '' Democratic ''
- 4. Charles F. Cochran (1846-1906), '' Democratic ''
- 5. William S. Cowherd (1860-1915), '' Democratic ''
- 6. David A. De Armond (1844-1909), '' Democratic ''
- 7. James Cooney (1848-1904), '' Democratic ''
- 8. Richard P. Bland (1835-1899), '' Democratic ''
- 9. J.B. (Champ) Clark (1850-1921), '' Democratic ''
- 10. Richard Bartholdt (1855-1932), '' Republican ''
- 11. Charles F. Joy (1849-1921), '' Republican ''
- 12. Charles E. Pearce (1842-1902), '' Republican ''
- 13. Edward Robb (1857-1934), '' Democratic ''
- 14. Willard D. Vandiver (1854-1932), '' Democratic ''
- 15 M.E. Benton (1848-1924), '' Democratic ''
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- 1. Henry C. Loudenslager (1852-1911), '' Republican ''
- 2. John J. Gardner (1845-1921), '' Republican ''
- 3. Benjamin F. Howell (1844-1933), '' Republican ''
- 4. Mahlon Pitney (1858-1924), '' Republican '' ...resigned January 10 , 1899 .
- 5. James F. Stewart (1851-1904), '' Republican ''
- 6. Richard W. Parker (1848-1923), '' Republican ''
- 7. Thomas McEwan, Jr. (1854-1926), '' Republican ''
- 8. Charles N. Fowler (1852-1932), '' Republican ''
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- 1 Joseph McC. Belford (1852-1917), '' Republican ''
- 2 Denis M. Hurley (1843-1899), '' Republican '' ...died February 26 , 1899 .
- 3. Francis H. Wilson (1844-1910), '' Republican '' ...resigned September 30 , 1897 .
- : Edmund H. Driggs (1865-1946), '' Democratic '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 , 1897 .
- 4. Israel F. Fischer (1858-1940), '' Republican ''
- 5. Charles G. Bennett (1863-1914), '' Republican ''
- 6. James R. Howe (1839-1914), '' Republican ''
- 7. John H.G. Vehslage (1842-1904), '' Democratic ''
- 8. John Murray Mitchell (1858-1905), '' Republican ''
- 9. Thomas J. Bradley (1870-1901), '' Democratic ''
- 10. Amos J. Cummings (1841-1902), '' Democratic ''
- 11. William Sulzer (1863-1941), '' Democratic ''
- 12. George B. McClellan, Jr. (1865-1940), '' Democratic ''
- 13. Richard C. Shannon (1839-1920), '' Republican ''
- 14. Lemuel E. Quigg (1863-1919), '' Republican ''
- 15. Philip B. Low (1836-1912), '' Republican ''
- 16. William L. Ward (1856-1933), '' Republican ''
- 17. Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. (1854-1926), '' Republican ''
- 18. John Henry Ketcham (1832-1906), '' Republican ''
- 19. Aaron V.S. Cochrane (1858-1943), '' Republican ''
- 20. George N. Southwick (1863-1912), '' Republican ''
- 21. David F. Wilber (1859-1928), '' Republican ''
- 22. Lucius N. Littauer (1859-1944), '' Republican ''
- 23. Wallace T. Foote, Jr. (1864-1910), '' Republican ''
- 24. Charles A. Chickering (1843-1900), '' Republican ''
- 25. James S. Sherman (1855-1912), '' Republican ''
- 26. George W. Ray (1844-1925), '' Republican ''
- 27. James J. Belden (1825-1904), '' Republican ''
- 28. Sereno E. Payne (1843-1914), '' Republican ''
- 29. Charles W. Gillet (1840-1908), '' Republican ''
- 30. James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (1846-1926), '' Republican ''
- 31. Henry C. Brewster (1845-1928), '' Republican ''
- 32. Rowland B. Mahany (1864-1937), '' Republican ''
- 33. De A.S. Alexander (1846-1925), '' Republican ''
- 34. Warren B. Hooker (1856-1920), '' Republican '' ...resigned November 10 , 1898 .
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- 1. William B. Shattuc (1841-1911), '' Republican ''
- 2. Jacob H. Bromwell (1848-1924), '' Republican ''
- 3. John L. Brenner (1832-1906), '' Democratic ''
- 4. George A. Marshall (1851-1899), '' Democratic ''
- 5. David Meekison (1849-1915), '' Democratic ''
- 6. Seth W. Brown (1841-1923), '' Republican ''
- 7. Walter L. Weaver (1851-1909), '' Republican ''
- 8. Archibald Lybrand (1840-1910), '' Republican ''
- 9. James H. Southard (1851-1919), '' Republican ''
- 10. Lucien J. Fenton (1844-1922), '' Republican ''
- 11. Charles H. Grosvenor (1833-1917), '' Republican ''
- 12. John J. Lentz (1856-1931), '' Democratic ''
- 13. James A. Norton (1843-1912), '' Democratic ''
- 14. Winfield S. Kerr (1852-1917), '' Republican ''
- 15. Henry C. Van Voorhis (1852-1927), '' Republican ''
- 16. Lorenzo Danford (1829-1899), '' Republican ''
- 17. John A. McDowell (1853-1927), '' Democratic ''
- 18. Robert W. Tayler (1852-1910), '' Republican ''
- 19. Stephen A. Northway (1833-1898), '' Republican '' ...died September 18 , 1898 .
- : Charles W.F. Dick (1858-1945), '' Republican '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 , 1898 .
- 20. Clifton B. Beach (1845-1902), '' Republican ''
- 21. Theodore E. Burton (1851-1929), '' Republican ''
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- 1. Henry H. Bingham (1841-1912), '' Republican ''
- 2. Robert Adams, Jr. (1849-1906), '' Republican ''
- 3. William McAleer (1838-1912), '' Democratic ''
- 4. James R. Young (1847-1924), '' Republican ''
- 5. Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), '' Republican ''
- 6. Thomas S. Butler (1855-1928), '' Republican ''
- 7. Irving P. Wanger (1852-1940), '' Republican ''
- 8. William S. Kirkpatrick (1844-1932), '' Republican ''
- 9. Daniel Ermentrout (1837-1899), '' Democratic ''
- 10. Marriott Brosius (1843-1901), '' Republican ''
- 11. William Connell (1827-1909), '' Republican ''
- 12. Morgan B. Williams (1831-1903), '' Republican ''
- 13. Charles N. Brumm (1838-1917), '' Republican ''
- 14. Marlin E. Olmsted (1847-1913), '' Republican ''
- 15. James H. Codding (1849-1919), '' Republican ''
- 16. Horace B.Packer (1851-1940), '' Republican ''
- 17. Monroe H. Kulp (1858-1911), '' Republican ''
- 18. Thaddeus M. Mahon (1840-1916), '' Republican ''
- 19. George J. Benner (1859-1930), '' Democratic ''
- 20. Josiah D. Hicks (1844-1923), '' Republican ''
- 21. Edward E. Robbins (1860-1919), '' Republican ''
- 22. John Dalzell (1845-1927), '' Republican ''
- 23. William A. Stone (1846-1920), '' Republican '' ...resigned November 9 , 1898 .
- : William H. Graham (1844-1923), '' Republican '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 , 1898 .
- 24. Ernest F. Acheson (1855-1917), '' Republican ''
- 25. Joseph B. Showalter (1851-1932), '' Republican '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated May 3 , 1897 .
- 26. John C. Sturtevant (1835-1912), '' Republican ''
- 23. Charles W. Stone (1843-1912), '' Republican ''
- 28. William C. Arnold (1851-1906), '' Republican ''
- A/L Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), '' Republican ''
- A/L Samuel A. Davenport (1834-1911), '' Republican ''
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- 1. William Elliott (1838-1907), '' Democratic ''
- 2. W. Jasper Talbert (1846-1931), '' Democratic ''
- 3. Asbury C. Latimer (1851-1908), '' Democratic ''
- 4. Stanyarne Wilson (1860-1928), '' Democratic ''
- 5. Thomas J. Strait (1846-1924), '' Democratic ''
- 6. John L. McLaurin (1860-1934), '' Democratic '' ...resigned May 31 , 1897 .
- : James Norton (1843-1920), '' Democratic '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 , 1897 .
- 7. J. William Stokes (1853-1901), '' Democratic ''
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- 1. Walter P. Brownlow (1851-1910), '' Republican ''
- 2. Henry R. Gibson (1837-1938), '' Republican ''
- 3. John A. Moon (1855-1921), '' Democratic ''
- 4. Benton McMillin (1845-1933), '' Democratic '' ...resigned January 16 , 1899 .
- 5. James D. Richardson (1843-1914), '' Democratic ''
- 6. John Wesley Gaines (1860-1926), '' Democratic ''
- 7. Nicholas N. Cox (1837-1912), '' Democratic ''
- 8. Thetus W. Sims (1852-1939), '' Democratic ''
- 9. Rice A. Pierce (1848-1936), '' Democratic ''
- 10 E.W. Carmack (1858-1908), '' Democratic ''
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- 1 Thomas H. Ball (1859-1944), '' Democratic ''
- 2. Samuel Bronson Cooper (1850-1918), '' Democratic ''
- 3 R.C. De Graffenreid (1859-1902), '' Democratic ''
- 4. John W. Cranford (1862-1899), '' Democratic '' ...died March 2 , 1899 .
- 5. Joseph W. Bailey (1862-1929), '' Democratic ''
- 6 R.E. Burke (1847-1901), '' Democratic ''
- 7 Robert L. Henry (1864-1931), '' Democratic ''
- 8 Samuel W.T. Lanham (1846-1908), '' Democratic ''
- 9. Joseph D. Sayers (1841-1929), '' Democratic '' ...resigned January 19 , 1899 .
- 10. R.B. Hawley (1849-1921), '' Republican ''
- 11. Rudolph Kleberg (1847-1924), '' Democratic ''
- 12. James L. Slayden (1853-1924), '' Democratic ''
- 13. John H.Stephens (1847-1924), '' Democratic ''
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- 1. William A. Jones (1849-1918), '' Democratic ''
- 2. William A. Young (1860-1928), '' Democratic '' ...contested election, served until April 26 , 1898 .
- : Richard A. Wise (1843-1900), '' Republican '' ...contested election, seated April 26 , 1898 .
- 3. John Lamb (1840-1924), '' Democratic ''
- 4. Sydney P. Epes (1865-1900), '' Democratic '' ...contested election, served until March 23 , 1898 .
- : Robert T. Thorp (1850-1938), '' Republican '' ...contested election, seated March 23 , 1898 .
- 5. Claude A. Swanson (1862-1939), '' Democratic ''
- 6. Peter J. Otey (1840-1902), '' Democratic ''
- 7. James Hay (1856-1931), '' Democratic ''
- 8. John F. Rixey (1854-1907), '' Democratic ''
- 9. James A. Walker (1832-1901), '' Republican ''
- 10. Jacob Yost (1853-1933), '' Republican ''
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- 1. Henry A. Cooper (1850-1931), '' Republican ''
- 2. Edward Sauerhering (1864-1924), '' Republican ''
- 3. Joseph W. Babcock (1850-1909), '' Republican ''
- 4. Theobald Otjen (1851-1924), '' Republican ''
- 5. Samuel S. Barney (1846-1919), '' Republican ''
- 6. James H. Davidson (1858-1918), '' Republican ''
- 7. Michael Griffin (1842-1899), '' Republican ''
- 8. Edward S. Minor (1840-1924), '' Republican ''
- 9. Alexander Stewart (1829-1912), '' Republican ''
- 10. John J. Jenkins (1843-1911), '' Republican ''
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