Membership of the 51st Congress of the United States
 
March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1891
 
First Session:  December 2, 1889 to October 1, 1890
Second Session:  December 1, 1890 to March 2, 1891
Special Session of the Senate:  March 4, 1889 to April 2, 1889
 

Vice President of the United States: 

Levi P. Morton (New York)

President Pro Tempore of the Senate: 

John J. Ingalls (Kansas)
Charles F. Manderson (Nebraska), from March 2, 1891

Secretary of the Senate: 

Anson G. McCook (New York)

Sergeant At Arms of the Senate: 

William P. Canaday (North Carolina)
Edward K. Valentine (Nebraska), from June 30, 1890

 

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives: 

Thomas B. Reed (Maine)

Clerk of the House: 

John B. Clark, Jr. (Missouri)
Edward McPherson (Pennsylvania), from December 2, 1889

Sergeant At Arms of the House: 

John P. Leedom (Ohio)
Adoniram J. Holmes (Iowa), from December 2, 1889

Doorkeeper of the House: 

Charles E. Adams (Maryland)

Postmaster of the House: 

James L. Wheat

 

Alabama

 

Senators

 

John T. Morgan

James L. Pugh

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Richard H. Clarke
District 2: Hilary A. Herbert
District 3: William C. Oates
District 4: Louis W. Turpin (succeeded June 4, 1890 by John V. McDuffie, who contested the election)
John V. McDuffie (successfully contested the election of Louis W. Turpin; served from June 4, 1890)
District 5: James E. Cobb
District 6: John Hollis Bankhead
District 7: William H. Forney
District 8: Joe Wheeler
 

Arkansas

 

Senators

 

James K. Jones

James H. Berry

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William H. Cate (succeeded March 5, 1890 by Lewis P. Featherstone, who contested the election)
Lewis P. Featherstone (successfully contested the election of William H. Cate; served from March 5, 1890)
District 2: Clifton R. Breckinridge (presented credentials as a Member-elect; served until September 5, 1890, when John M. Clayton was declared to have been duly elected, but, owing to the death of Mr. Clayton while the contest was pending, the seat was declared vacant; subsequently elected to fill the vacancy thus caused; served from November 4, 1890)
District 3: Thomas C. McRae
District 4: John H. Rogers
District 5: Samuel W. Peel
 

California

 

Senators

 

Leland Stanford

George Hearst (died February 28, 1891)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John J. DeHaven (resigned October 1, 1890)
Thomas J. Geary (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John J. DeHaven; served from December 9, 1890)
District 2: Marion Biggs
District 3: Joseph McKenna
District 4: William W. Morrow
District 5: Thomas J. Clunie
District 6: William Vandever
 

Colorado

 

Senators

 

Henry M. Teller

Edward O. Wolcott

 

Representative At Large

 

Hosea Townsend
 

Connecticut

 

Senators

 

Orville H. Platt

Joseph R. Hawley

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William E. Simonds
District 2: Washington F. Willcox
District 3: Charles A. Russell
District 4: Frederick Miles
 

Delaware

 

Senators

 

George Gray

Anthony C. Higgins

 

Representative At Large

 

John B. Pennington
 

Florida

 

Senators

 

Wilkinson Call

Samuel Pasco

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Robert H. M. Davidson
District 2: Robert Bullock
 

Georgia

 

Senators

 

Joseph E. Brown

Alfred H. Colquitt

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Rufus E. Lester
District 2: Henry G. Turner
District 3: Charles F. Crisp
District 4: Thomas W. Grimes
District 5: John D. Stewart
District 6: James H. Blount
District 7: Judson C. Clements
District 8: Henry H. Carlton
District 9: Allen D. Candler
District 10: George T. Barnes
 

Idaho (admitted as a state July 3, 1890)

 

Senators

 

George L. Shoup (served from December 18, 1890)

William J. McConnell (served from December 18, 1890)

 

Representative At Large

 

Willis Sweet (served from October 1, 1890)
 

Illinois

 

Senators

 

Shelby M. Cullom

Charles B. Farwell

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Abner Taylor
District 2: Frank Lawler
District 3: William E. Mason
District 4: George E. Adams
District 5: Albert J. Hopkins
District 6: Robert R. Hitt
District 7: Thomas J. Henderson
District 8: Charles A. Hill
District 9: Lewis E. Payson
District 10: Philip S. Post
District 11: William H. Gest
District 12: Scott Wike
District 13: William M. Springer
District 14: Jonathan H. Rowell
District 15: Joseph G. Cannon
District 16: George W. Fithian
District 17: Edward Lane
District 18: William S. Forman
District 19: Richard W. Townshend (died March 9, 1889)
James R. Williams (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Richard W. Townsend; served from December 2, 1889)
District 20: George W. Smith
 

Indiana

 

Senators

 

Daniel W. Voorhees

David B. Turpie

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William F. Parrett
District 2: John H. O'Neall
District 3: Jason B. Brown
District 4: William S. Holman
District 5: George W. Cooper
District 6: Thomas M. Browne
District 7: William D. Bynum
District 8: Elijah V. Brookshire
District 9: Joseph B. Cheadle
District 10: William D. Owen
District 11: Augustus N. Martin
District 12: Charles A. O. McClellan
District 13: Benjamin F. Shively
 

Iowa

 

Senators

 

William B. Allison

James F. Wilson

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John H. Gear
District 2: Walter I. Hayes
District 3: David B. Henderson
District 4: Joseph H. Sweney
District 5: Daniel Kerr
District 6: John F. Lacey
District 7: Edwin H. Conger (resigned October 3, 1890 to become Minister to Brazil)
Edward R. Hays (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edwin H. Conger; served from November 4, 1890)
District 8: James P. Flick
District 9: Joseph R. Reed
District 10: Jonathan P. Dolliver
District 11: Isaac S. Struble
 

Kansas

 

Senators

 

John J. Ingalls

Preston B. Plumb

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Edmund N. Morrill
District 2: Edward H. Funston
District 3: Bishop W. Perkins
District 4: Thomas Ryan (resigned April 4, 1889 to become Minister to Mexico)
Harrison Kelley (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas Ryan; served from December 2, 1889)
District 5: John A. Anderson
District 6: Erastus J. Turner
District 7: Samuel R. Peters
 

Kentucky

 

Senators

 

James B. Beck (died May 3, 1890)

Joseph C. S. Blackburn

John G. Carlisle (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James B. Beck; served from May 26, 1890)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William J. Stone
District 2: William T. Ellis
District 3: Isaac H. Goodnight
District 4: Alexander B. Montgomery
District 5: Asher G. Caruth
District 6: John G. Carlisle (resigned May 26, 1890 to become Senator)
William W. Dickerson (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John G. Carlisle; served from June 21, 1890)
District 7: William C. P. Breckinridge
District 8: James B. McCreary
District 9: Thomas H. Paynter
District 10: John H. Wilson
District 11: Hugh F. Finley
 

Louisiana

 

Senators

 

Randall L. Gibson

James B. Eustis

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Theodore S. Wilkinson
District 2: Hamilton D. Coleman
District 3: Edward J. Gay (died May 30, 1889)

Andrew Price (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father-in-law, Edward J. Gay; served from December 2, 1889)

District 4: Newton C. Blanchard
District 5: Charles J. Boatner
District 6: Samuel M. Robertston
 

Maine

 

Senators

 

Eugene Hale

William P. Frye

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Thomas B. Reed
District 2: Nelson Dingley, Jr.
District 3: Seth L. Milliken
District 4: Charles A. Boutelle
 

Maryland

 

Senators

 

Arthur P. Gorman

Ephraim K. Wilson (died February 24, 1891)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Charles H. Gibson
District 2: Herman Stump
District 3: Harry W. Rusk
District 4: Henry Stockbridge, Jr.
District 5: Barnes Compton (succeeded March 20, 1890 by Sydney E. Mudd, who contested the election)
Sydney E. Mudd (successfully contested the election of Barnes Compton; served from March 20, 1890)
District 6: Louis E. McComas
 

Massachusetts

 

Senators

 

Henry L. Dawes

George F. Hoar

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Charles S. Randall
District 2: Elijah A. Morse
District 3: John F. Andrew
District 4: Joseph H. O'Neil
District 5: Nathaniel P. Banks
District 6: Henry Cabot Lodge
District 7: William Cogswell
District 8: Frederic T. Greenhalge
District 9: John W. Candler
District 10: Joseph H. Walker
District 11: Rodney Wallace
District 12: Francis W. Rockwell
 

Michigan

 

Senators

 

Francis B. Stockbridge

James McMillan

 

Representatives

 

District 1: J. Logan Chipman
District 2: Edward P. Allen
District 3: James O'Donnell
District 4: Julius C. Burrows
District 5: Charles E. Belknap
District 6: Mark S. Brewer
District 7: Justin R. Whiting
District 8: Aaron T. Bliss
District 9: Byron M. Cutcheon
District 10: Frank W. Wheeler
District 11: Samuel M. Stephenson
 

Minnesota

 

Senators

 

Cushman K. Davis

William D. Washburn

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Mark H. Dunnell
District 2: John Lind
District 3: Darwin S. Hall
District 4: Samuel P. Snider
District 5: Solomon G. Comstock
 

Mississippi

 

Senators

 

James Z. George

Edward C. Walthall

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John M. Allen
District 2: James B. Morgan
District 3: Thomas C. Catchings
District 4: Clarke Lewis
District 5: Chapman L. Anderson
District 6: Thomas R. Stockdale
District 7: Charles E. Hooker
 

Missouri

 

Senators

 

Francis M. Cockrell

George G. Vest

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William H. Hatch
District 2: Charles H. Mansur
District 3: Alexander M. Dockery
District 4: Robert P. C. Wilson (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James N. Burnes in the previous Congress; served from December 2, 1889)
District 5: John C. Tarsney
District 6: John T. Heard
District 7: Richard H. Norton
District 8: Frederick G. Niedringhaus
District 9: Nathan Frank
District 10: William M. Kinsey
District 11: Richard P. Bland
District 12: William H. Stone
District 13: William H. Wade
District 14: James P. Walker (died July 19, 1890)
Robert H. Whitelaw (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James P. Walker; served from November 4, 1890)
 

Montana (admitted as a state November 8, 1889)

 

Senators

 

Thomas C. Power (served from January 2, 1890)

Wilbur F. Sanders (served from January 1, 1890)

 

Representative At Large

 

Thomas H. Carter (served from November 8, 1889)
 

Nebraska

 

Senators

 

Charles F. Manderson

Algernon S. Paddock

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William J. Connell
District 2: James Laird (died August 17, 1889)
Gilbert L. Laws (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Laird; served from December 2, 1889)
District 3: George W. E. Dorsey
 

Nevada

 

Senators

 

John P. Jones

William M. Stewart

 

Representative At Large

 

Horace F. Bartine
 

New Hampshire

 

Senators

 

Henry W. Blair

Gilman Marston (appointed March 4, 1889 to fill the vacancy in the term commencing on that date; served until June 18, 1889, when William E. Chandler was elected)

William E. Chandler (elected for the term beginning March 4, 1889; served from June 18, 1889)

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

Alonzo Nute
District 2: Orren C. Moore
 

New Jersey

 

Senators

 

John R. McPherson

Rufus Blodgett

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Christopher A. Bergen
District 2: James Buchanan
District 3: Jacob A. Geissenhainer
District 4: Samuel Fowler
District 5: Charles D. Beckwith
District 6: Herman Lehlbach
District 7: William McAdoo
 

New York

 

Senators

 

William M. Evarts

Frank Hiscock

 

Representatives

 

District 1:

James W. Covert
District 2: Felix Campbell
District 3: William C. Wallace
District 4: John M. Clancy
District 5: Thomas F. Magner
District 6: Frank T. Fitzgerald (resigned November 4, 1889 to become Register of the County of New York)

Charles H. Turner (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Frank T. Fitzgerald; served from December 9, 1889)

District 7: Edward J. Dunphy
District 8: John H. McCarthy (resigned January 14, 1891 to become a justice of the city court of New York City)
District 9: Samuel S. Cox (died September 10, 1889)
Amos J. Cummings (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel S. Cox; served from November 5, 1889)
District 10: Francis B. Spinola
District 11: John Quinn
District 12: Roswell P. Flower
District 13: Asabel P. Fitch
District 14: William G. Stahlnecker
District 15: Moses D. Stivers
District 16: John H. Ketcham
District 17: Charles J. Knapp
District 18: John A. Quackenbush
District 19: Charles Tracey
District 20: John Sanford
District 21: John H. Moffitt
District 22: Frederick Lansing
District 23: James S. Sherman
District 24: David Wilber (died April 1, 1890)

John S. Pindar (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of David Wilber; served from November 4, 1890)

District 25: James J. Belden
District 26: Milton De Lano
District 27: Newton W. Nutting (died October 15, 1889)
Sereno E. Payne (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Newton W. Nutting; served from December 2, 1889)
District 28: Thomas S. Flood
District 29: John Raines
District 30: Charles S. Baker
District 31: John G. Sawyer
District 32: John M. Farquhar
District 33: John M. Wiley
District 34: William G. Laidlaw
 

North Carolina

 

Senators

 

Matt W. Ransom

Zebulon B. Vance

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Thomas G. Skinner
District 2: Henry P. Cheatham
District 3: Charles W. McClammy
District 4: Benjamin H. Bunn
District 5: John M. Brower
District 6: Alfred Rowland
District 7: John S. Henderson
District 8: William H. H. Cowles
District 9: Hamilton G. Ewart
 

North Dakota (admitted as a state November 2, 1889)

 

Senators

 

Lyman R. Casey (served from November 25, 1889)

Gilbert A. Pierce (served from November 21, 1889)

 

Representative At Large

 

Henry C. Hansbrough (served from November 2, 1889)
 

Ohio

 

Senators

 

John Sherman

Henry B. Payne

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Benjamin Butterworth
District 2: John A. Caldwell
District 3: Elihu S. Williams
District 4: Samuel S. Yoder
District 5: George E. Seney
District 6: Melvin M. Boothman
District 7: Henry L. Morey
District 8: Robert P. Kennedy
District 9: William C. Cooper
District 10: William E. Haynes
District 11: Albert C. Thompson
District 12: Jacob Pugsley
District 13: Joseph H. Outhwaite
District 14: Charles P. Wickham
District 15: Charles H. Grosvenor
District 16: James W. Owens
District 17: Joseph D. Taylor
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